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Find the Constant ~ An Inspirational Article by Yvonne Unger

February 21, 2023

Do you know the desire for a familiar place, for an anchor, for a haven of peace? It is part of being human that we desire for this security. And it is part of the world that it is not able to fulfill this desire. Not now, not in the past, not in the future.

The constant lies beyond time and space. Beyond your perception, your thoughts and feelings. You cannot reach it with knowledge. Nobody can give it to you. There are no words for it, even though – for the sake of communication – we give it names like truth, absolute awareness, God or Tao. The only thing that can be reliably said about it: You can only experience it directly. Direct experience always happens in the present moment. Here and now. The more often you connect with this quality, the more it will carry you and the more you will be rooted in it.

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Clunky Being-ness ~ An Inspirational Article by Rhoda Makled

December 31, 2022

“Buddha and God appear in many forms. The buddha is not only in the cloud. He is in our hearts and in the hearts of many others.”

The Heart of Buddha’s Teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Something in this quote just sank from the head to the heart. I look into the kitchen, and I see Kahmel in a hooded sweatshirt with the hood up over his head as he prepares breakfast for himself after a long boxing workout. SUDDENLY I SEE HIM. He IS God appearing in form for this exact experience. This home IS God. Everything in it IS God. These hands and this computer ARE God. All that is in Awareness and the Awareness itself IS God.

The question that rises is, “What am I trying to Trust?” The confusion that is happening is a belief that there’s a deity that has a plan for all of this. The clarity is that there’s an underlying intelligence in all of Life as it IS manifest and unmanifest. It is not something outside that is watching over it all. It IS the nature of Life. God IS the nature of Life as it moves from the unmanifest to the manifest and back to the unmanifest.

Buddhists describe it as the suchness of life. This is why my only job is to experience life through THIS expression of God. This is why the awakening of all beings is so helpful. As collective consciousness moves to know the power of the collective consciousness and brings love instead of fear everything changes. I am not alone because that is not possible. I am not separate because that is not possible. I AM the unmanifest that has manifested as this body. An interconnected sentient being. When this form ends it returns to the unmanifest.

When fear rules my life (meaning I have full attention on fear) then fear is what I experience. When love and abundance and harmony and peace rule my life (again, meaning I have full attention on love, abundance, harmony, and peace) then love, abundance, harmony, and peace are what I experience. It’s not my fault and yet I am fully capable of seeing the habit energy. There is no entity that will end this suffering loop, but there is my deep and earnest to desire to wake up from the dream of fear. To be fully awake to and embrace the Truth of Love, abundance, harmony, bliss, and peace.

As this clarity flows through, I can feel the mind trying to figure out how to hold onto it. How to make it real. There’s fear here that this clarity will be lost. This is the exact fear that I wish to see. This is the habit energy of “I am not enough” and “I am not safe.” I can feel the practicality of the Loving All Method. I am truly grateful to see this energy rise. This is where I keep turning…to the Loving All Method.

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Vulnerability Is My Superpower; Inspirational Musings

July 27, 2022

From the May 2022 “Understanding Purification” Class

Arlene DeFeo, Christina Marie Goldsmith, Michelle Hojnacki, Isadora Karcher, Judy Lekisch, Pieter van Prooijen, Rebecca Sellers, Jane Marie Sobel

If You Don’t Stop That
by
Hafiz

I used to live in
A cramped house with confusion
And pain.

But then I met the Friend
And started getting drunk
And singing all
Night.

Confusion and Pain
Started acting nasty,
Making threats,
With talk like this,

“If you don’t stop ‘that’
All that fun –

We’re
Leaving.”

By the end of class, I had fallen into a state of Grace. It lasted all night, and this morning it remains. Spontaneous deep breathing, thoughts lessened, and a feeling of peace that I have not felt in some time. Our group has a synergy that is remarkable.

I want to address further what we touched on about death and vulnerability, for I found that my own experience was a devastation that felt immense. Yet, this devastation was a powerful portal to Love. I looked at my beliefs, and what I found was that this happening was no different than any other offering for healing that Life’s Will has given me.

I once read that the death of a loved one is one of Life’s greatest hoaxes, in that, despite cultural conditioning, it has no more meaning than anything else. I was deeply offended when I read that. Yet, in time, I came to understand the truth of this statement.

Years later, I discovered a teaching that stated that within the world culture there are many things that we are conditioned to suffer over, and that this conditioning is why we suffer. Are we not taught to suffer if our spouse leaves us for someone else, instead of celebrating that they have found a further way to love? In that vein, why are we not taught to celebrate a body’s departure, even a loved one, because that soul has been liberated from a life that knows, inevitably, pain and challenge? All suffering is brought on by enculturation, the ubiquitous, adopted set of beliefs that run counter to Love.

These raw and beautiful insights into the conditioning of “loss,” this collective grasping, motivates me to turn away from the world, for it’s true that our culture conditions all with a lens of suffering and loss. “Life is pain, and then you die,” was the framework I remember from childhood. I always resisted that message, yet now I see how it has worked it’s way under my skin. We are taught that there are some things in life that should and will kill us, and I sense a cultural expectation that we be discontented. It’s like an obligation, “how dare you be happy when ‘this’ is happening?”

Oh I dare, I dare! I’m taking off the poop-colored glasses and no longer buying into the collective discontent. I want the Joy and Peace of God. It is a given.

It has sunk in waaaaay deeper how unnecessary words and thoughts are. I once read that, in the beginning of humanity, there were no words, and that everything was communicated telepathically. But words evolved into our being, even though words are an aberration of our true nature.

I have thought a lot about the experience you shared of the peaceful time you had when you were without words, but you still had the ability to operate normally within the confines of your body. This seems to me to be a satori experience, and you were so blessed. You brought up how, once we label something, we don’t see it fully any more, and you reminded me of the Adyashanti quote that, once a child is taught the word associated with a bird, they never truly see the bird again. Wow.

As I listened to you open up about emotions, I was deeply touched, for I recognized myself in these stories. I have learned so much from what I have experienced already. Learning to slow down and be patient has created a shift in my thinking, and enabled more light and happiness to flow in.

This discussion is one of those learnings that I hope will get sticky and then stick. Often, I have to accept that concepts don’t always adhere the way I would like when I come upon them, but they do go into the soup, and they mix in exactly the way they are meant to. Thank God for that!

I am so happy to be in the soup pot with you. When we let go of the barriers and limitations, the heart opens.

I have felt a transformation that was so swift and subtle that it shook me to my core. I stepped out of something — and into something new — without fully “experiencing” a major occurrence or known point of transition. Events have fueled me in a new way, versus dragging me down. I let go of “yesterdays” and perceptions of me, and just showed up for the moment.

It’s been an incredible feeling to become aware of the separation of belief and what is true. I have learned to be present for others in their painful points, and not to take it on or feel responsible for their choices. I recognize anxieties, face them, and allow them to move through me. It feels like healing and thriving at the same time, which I had not understood was possible.

This purification process feels like a gift. This may be complicated terrain, but we are blessed to have teachers and resources to help us navigate the way. My healing journey has hinged upon getting more acquainted with the innate wisdom of the body, with pain and trauma that can collapse in terrible confusion, and in hiding for safety.

All of my life I’ve felt driven to show my worth, including “intelligence.” In reckoning with trauma, one of the first messages I received was, “It’s okay that you’re not very smart.” I remember standing with my hands on my three-year-old hips, thinking, “You don’t know what you’re talking about!”

I’ve been in the crucible of self-acceptance, where logic and “intelligence” are most prized. With the tangible love of our mighty companions, I’m seeing how reclaiming and bringing full force to this innate intelligence is a cornerstone of this self-acceptance, this healing journey that I am on. I commit to being happy…Unless. Yes, some events do seem harder to swallow than others.

I experience these words as very powerful, and deeply true. “Falling into Grace,” the words “Grace” and “It is Given,” which I begin more and more to understand as ” Living in the Given.” I feel this to be the natural state intended by the Source of Love that loves us madly. In accepting Perfection, I have not to be perfect, for It is Given.

This class is bathed in Grace, and I feel that — in every moment we spend sharing together, knowing together, loving together. Each is a light that illuminates brightly the Truth that radiates lovingly within our group, and beyond. I am moved profoundly by this experience, the totality of it, the transcendence of it. We are — each of us — blessed by the presence of the others, and ‘others’ seems an alien word to use, because I feel the presence of Oneness, the consciousness of the Divine, moving through our group in a way that enlivens each of us, sparking recognition of the Divine within. Each brings a unique perspective, opening the window of the soul, radiating vulnerability and truth, embracing all in the Love of the Heart.

This purification work is opening up so much in me, and I am recognizing walls that I haven’t seen in this way before. Although guilt is a source of pain, even in the face of a fear that is very primal, I ask,

“What if vulnerability really is my superpower?”

Vulnerability is my super power! As “I” get out of the way, pure Love emerges. It is a given.

I am immersed in the idea that Love is a given. This seems to pop all of the bars off of the heart, as love spreads wide open, rejoicing,

Here I am. Right now. Love.

This love is patient and kind. It guides the weary traveler along the way.

Thank you. Ah, thank you!

I know that God is doing his work in me. This leaves me in an amazement that is astounding, for, I ask myself:

“What can I possibly lose, if I am already everything?”

The God Who Only Knows Four Words
by
Hafiz

Every
Child
Has known God,

Not the God of names,
Not the God of don’ts,
Not the God who ever does
Anything weird,

But the God who knows only four words
And keeps repeating them, saying:
“Come dance with Me.”

Come
Dance.

Our Fleeting Experience By Jennifer Nahulu

July 22, 2022

This writing is dedicated to my Grandma Verna Mae Kaiulani Ho Nahulu (pictured below) who recently passed away April 19, 2022.

Death can bring a flood of emotions, happy memories, confusion and devastation. It can stop us in our tracks and remind us of what is important in life. It can show us a new perspective of time and how few years we may have left here and with each other. The end of life as we know it, the beginning of something new or a continuation of being, however we see it is the ultimate mystery.

I am happy my family got to be with Verna in her last days and moments. I watched over her and tried to capture her face in my memory, knowing I wouldn’t see her again. It is difficult for the mind to grasp that a person is there one moment and gone the next. I think of my brothers, my Dad and my Mom and I wonder how many years I have left with them. I see the sadness in my Dad’s face. Every moment feels more fleeting.

I have recently had many struggles with family and finances; unsure of how to take care of my Mom whose health has declined rapidly over the last couple of years. My brother and I are slowly rearranging our lives to assist her. A huge financial bill came out of nowhere at the same time. I had spiraled into hopelessness and was desperate for solutions. I was unable to use my spiritual resources for coming back to peace of mind. I couldn’t sit still long enough for meditation or reading or relaxing. I know many people have had increasing challenges over the last few years and can relate.

It was then in April that my Dad notified me that Grandma had fallen again and that this time it was probably the end. We spent her last days with her at Julia Temple (where she was treated in hospice.) Several days after she passed, I returned to work, full of new thoughts and feelings. I thought about what was really important day to day; which was ultimately being grateful for each day I had with my family and friends. Suddenly, sorting out how to take care of Mom wasn’t as much of a burden and all the financial hardships weren’t as devastating. It would all be fine. A small change of perspective could transform unneeded stress into gratitude, after all, things will get done either way and stress only makes things more difficult. I do get to spend more time with my Mom and my brother and I am grateful that I still have everything I want and need when I find myself with more financial responsibilities.

I look through pictures of Grandma from when she was very young until her last years and she always had a smile on her face. She lived her life to the fullest. She created art, she loved nature and she had an eccentric energy about her that people couldn’t resist. I see her spirit in my Dad and my brothers and myself.

I would like to spend less time worried about money, or how I am going to survive or if my family will be okay. Overwhelming stress can overload the mind where we are unable to grasp for the spiritual tools we know have been helpful before. In these moments, sometimes it may be helpful just to stop and trust in the moment. My Grandma had lived a long and full life and she had many of her own struggles to endure. She made it through each one of them to leave this world happy and loved. All of her good moments were fleeting and all of her bad moments were fleeting too. Life comes and goes quickly. We can easily forget about the important things in life. Each of us has a timeless joy in us when we are truly present and trusting. In this moment, we are part of the mystery of life, in our fleeting experience.

Where You Stand ~ an Inspirational Poem by Dan Wetzel

July 18, 2022

WHERE YOU STAND

God’s Light shines bright
Where you stand
An arc of golden glow

His gaze sees Truth
Of countenance
Unmasked for Love to show

The Peace, the Joy
Released at last
As choice is made again

Exchanging thoughts of arrogance
For heaven’s perfect plan
Decision made for only Truth

Brings all who will agree
To stand within the Sacred Arc
Aglow eternally

~ Dan Wetzel

Seeking Understanding or Avoiding Discomfort? ~ by Liz Cronkhite

April 15, 2022

It seems to me that in the past decade or so, due to the further proliferation of information on the internet through social media, many A Course in Miracles students have become what I call nonduality generalists. They may or may not consider the Course their primary path but having come to see the similarities in all nondual teachings, they pursue nondual ideas wherever they find them.

It can be helpful to read the same thing in different ways, especially when ideas are new to you. Sometimes what you cannot understand from one turn of phrase you understand from another. Many don’t realize that the Course itself says the same thing over and over until they have studied it for a while. What seemed a complicated teaching at first turns out to be very simple.

But the Course is dense and difficult for many to understand. For new students, it can be helpful to read the same thing in different words and symbols and come back to the Course with eyes opened.

And whether you study one teaching or many, eventually with understanding comes fewer pleasurable a-ha moments. This is when some students begin to roam, not so much for further understanding and knowledge, but to have again the pleasurable sensation of the a-ha. New teachings and new teachers can be exciting. They and their approach are novel and refreshing, and they may say things that illuminate your mind delightfully. I hear things like, “I used to follow Teacher A, but they don’t work for me so much anymore. Now I’m listening to Teacher Q.” I have come to hear of so many teachers from so many nonduality approaches that I wonder if many nonduality generalists are caught up seeking a sensation when instead they could simply sit quietly with Spirit (Awareness).

Ah! But there’s the rub. Being quiet means being with the chatter of the mind and the uncomfortable feelings of a person. It means facing ego’s resistance to Spirit within, which is never pleasant. It means entering the long, hard slog of spiritual practice, the part without the excitement of the new and the pleasure of the a-ha moment. It is just these things that need to be seen and felt and allowed to pass to get to the awareness of ever-present Peace within you in Spirit, which is so much more than a-ha moments.

If you find you are continually seeking or moving onto the newest thing, check in with yourself. Are you moving toward deeper understanding or running from discomfort? Because in the end, the only Teacher that will bring you the Peace you seek is not in any teaching or human teacher, but past the discomfort within you.

~ Liz’s blogsite with more articles: www.acimmentor.blogspot.

Self Inquiry for Relief ~ by Rev. Jen Nahulu

June 24, 2021

There are many tools we can use to bring us back to centeredness or help us to feel relief in moments of chaos, confusion, pain or any kind of upset or unbalance. Self-inquiry is one of those tools that returns to my awareness ever so often and I am reminded of its helpfulness. My first introduction to self-inquiry was with ‘The Work of Byron Katie.’ I have also spent time at Diederik Wolsak’s retreat center in Costa Rica where they use similar processes in questioning beliefs to remember the true Self.

If you’re reading this, you are most likely already familiar, but if not, one of the basic processes of self-inquiry is questioning our thoughts and asking whether or not they are true. Ramana Maharshi states that it is the constant attention to the inner awareness of “I” or “I am.” The last year or more has been difficult for many and I personally found myself avoiding my feelings and thoughts. Isolation while experiencing depression, without self-inquiry, made things very difficult for me. I tend to make things complicated when I forget simple tools. I have known for a long time that my thoughts can make me sick. I once went to a doctor who told me I needed to work on my nervous system to handle my stress. I continued to learn how my thoughts were directly linked to me physically.

Spiritual author Scott Kiloby speaks on how our thoughts connect to our nervous system. He says “To regulate your nervous system using inquiry, keep your attention in your body throughout your day. When you feel anxious, upset or triggered, put the feeling into words, rest and allow (witness) the words.” When I read this, I remembered suddenly to come back to my awareness. Where was my attention? What were my thoughts, especially the repetitive ones? My thoughts become and stem from my beliefs about myself. I notice that I have the same recurring thoughts and beliefs about myself at the core. They usually sound like “I am not good enough,” “I am failing,” “I’m going to lose everything,” “I have done something wrong,” and it goes on and on and on. It is no surprise I have been depressed and exhausted. These thoughts and beliefs are defeating – especially because they are not true.

We can be aware of our thoughts; it is the follow-through that becomes most effective, which is to undo them. Byron Katie uses questions like “Who would I be without this thought?” She also uses ‘turn arounds’ wherein one changes the thought by reversing it thus giving a different perspective. Diederik Wolsak’s process involves bringing one’s awareness to the feeling that overcomes them the most and then to the memory of the first time they felt that way. From there, the person can question the truth of the belief they have about themselves. I worked in circles with others where we helped each other undo false beliefs and remember the truth instead.

For the last few days, as I remember, I have been practicing self-inquiry by trying to have more awareness of my feelings. When I feel tired, when I feel pain, when I feel worry, when I feel tension in my face, I pause for a moment. I ask myself how I feel. I ask myself what the thought is behind that feeling. I then ask if that thought is true. Is this really what I believe? Even without the answer, there is some relief. A space is created in the mind. A grasping of the belief is let go. I can then think of what I would choose to believe instead. What is the real truth? Who am I really? I usually tend towards making a list of things I am grateful for and who and what I appreciate in my life and myself. The truth will surface. Gradually I can see myself go from an unmotivated low energy to feeling okay again and even feel some inspiration.

For anyone who is suffering or upset in the least bit, self-inquiry may be a tool to remember to put into practice. A Course in Miracles says “There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind.” It does not matter how small the upset seems to be, self-inquiry can help. I hope that I can remember to use these techniques more frequently to prevent myself from falling deeper into non-truth. My thoughts create beliefs that affect all parts of my life, mentally, physically, emotionally and also affect what actions I take now and in the future. The teachers I listed above are great resources to go deeper into self-inquiry although I am sure most people reading this are familiar. Thank you for reading and wishing you the truest thoughts and relief from belief.

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To Honor Experience, Abide in Awareness ~ by Rev. David Hemphill

April 22, 2021

How do you honor a deep and poignant feeling? When you feel intense love, how do you hold it so it will never go away?

You must connect with the permanent. The rule of feelings is simple: All feelings which rise will eventually fall. When a feeling of sadness arises you may feel pain, and then when it falls you may feel relief. When a feeling of happiness arises you may feel relief, and then when it falls you may feel pain. Both happiness and sadness bring pain and relief because both feelings are temporary – always arising and falling. When the question is how to honor the relief, or how to hold joy so close it never fades, the answer is to look outside of feeling. When the rule is all feelings arise and fall, then the only way to honor these feelings is to connect with the permanent.

Connecting with the permanent will open the floodgates of all joy. The permanent is the awareness inside of you which knows you. The awareness which witnesses childhood, then adulthood – who perceives simple thinking, then complex thinking – who is present when the body falls asleep, dreams, then wakes, is the permanent. If you were to draw on a piece of paper an image from an emotional memory, the image on the paper would be your memory, and the paper itself would be your awareness. When you have an experience, the experience is arising and falling, but the canvas on which the experiences arises is your awareness and is permanent.

When you connect with the permanent, you find an ethereal presence which is more than concrete. You find a subtlety which is directly noticeable. You look at awareness which you have always felt and had, which is not an idea or a God to have faith in, but an utter reality you live in every day. You see your own awareness, and you know it is real because it is literally yourself looking at yourself. Connecting with this is connecting with the paper on which any story can be written – and on which any and every story which has ever existed has been written. You connect to the concrete source of experience.

If you are lost in the waves of feeling, you can not honor feeling. You will feel intense joy, but in time your joy will fade and the intensity you once had will be at first diluted, and then forgotten. Your pain likewise will move along in waves. Pain will rise, and swell, and pop. Relief will wash in, and wash out, and the cycle will continue. To honor the feelings, the honor must come from outside of the cycle. The honor must come from the permanent awareness. Abiding in permanent awareness will put in your mind the direct source of all joy. You will have the power to see the paper on which all stories are written, and you can honor all stories by honoring the paper. When a new happy story is ready, you will know where to find the paper. When a cycle of pain begins, you will know where to find the paper.

Eventually, you will identify with the paper and not the story. You will know every story is just a permutation of what the paper can say and be in a single moment. You will know the paper as the permanent, concrete, eternal truth. You will know with your heart, with your feeling, it is the source of all joy and Peace. You will feel the immense sensations of the person and the experience, and you will simultaneously feel the subtle presence of the paper. You will notice the subtle feeling always proceeds experience, experience is always painted on the subtle feeling, and under all experience is the paper. The paper will remain when experience changes, when experience is forgotten, and when experiences are born. You will feel the paper, and eventually, the paper will be the bigger feeling and the experience will be subtle. Your attention will shift. In that moment, when your paper is the focus of your attention, you will feel intense joy because you know the boundless generosity of the paper and because you can feel its intense potential and benevolence. You will feel permanent joy, and you will feel you are honoring all experience. You will be unbiased towards pain or joy, knowing both are written on the same one all omnipotent, all infinite source – the permanent paper: Awareness.

To honor experience, abide in awareness.

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You Are Peace ~ a message received by Regina Dawn Akers

March 29, 2021

You Are Peace

Peace isn’t always what it seems to be. Sometimes peace feels like a broken heart. Sometimes it feels like anger. Sometimes it feels like not knowing while also thinking you should know. Sometimes it feels like pain.

What makes peace peace, and therefore joy, is the ability to be with the current script without resisting it. The human part of you is part of the human script, but you are not the human. Letting the human walk its script genuinely while watching from beyond the human is peace, and it is not being identified with the human.

Your peace can inform the human. This is human living from the right mind, but you are not the human that lives from right mind or wrong mind. You are the beyond.

You cannot deny the human her experience, because human is experience, but you can help her experience gently by remembering you aren’t her.

Let the human exploration occur slowly and step-by-step, [asking her heart,] “What do I want?” Let the human feel the direction of her next experience … all script and all unfolding of script … while you remain the peace that she can lean on and always count on.

Remain the peace, without asking the human to be anything other than human. The human feels, because she is in the realm of experience. You aren’t. Stay aware of you, and do not mix yourself up with the human.

Note: To hear Regina teach from this message, listen to The Guiding Light ~ Perfect Brilliant Stillness #34: From a Distance, Part 2.

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Seven Steps Contemplation: Resting in Awareness ~ by Rev. David Hemphill

November 13, 2020

“Those who, learning to forget completely all objective knowledge, turn inward firmly and see clearly the truth, abide serene. Those who try to recall forgotten things pine bewildered, fretting over false phenomena.” ~ Ramana Maharshi

Contemplation

Serenity comes from resting in awareness. Resting in awareness is looking inwardly, forgetting objective knowledge. Forgetting objective knowledge is resting firmly with clear truth, rather than using external engagement with thoughts and the world (to attempt to achieve serenity).

Ramana is pointing the reader to practicing awareness watching awareness meditation, or resting in silence, in order to experience serenity. Meditation allows a person to look beyond the mind’s appearing and disappearing thoughts, onward to the awareness aware of the mind. Resting in silence, with attention on awareness, leaves no room for the meditator to place attention on thoughts or other mental movements. Like placing no attention on thoughts or other mental movements, Ramana talks of completely forgetting all objective knowledge. The firm, inward looking suggested is the same as resting in silence.

Ramana is encouraging the reader to avoid using external engagements to find serenity. External engagement is contemplating, changing, persuading, arguing, considering, compromising, or otherwise engaging with thoughts or the external world. Engaging with thoughts and external events results in identifiable effects – for example, writing a pros and cons list to help make a difficult decision has an identifiable effect of placing in text many different considerations. Another example, quitting a stressful job or switching careers has an identifiable effect of ending a stressful trigger, or opening the door to new work opportunities. However, Ramana refers to all engagement with thought or the external world as bewildered pining with false phenomena. Ramana refers to external engagement as pining not because the engagement has no effects, but because external engagement is not meditation – external engagement is not what Ramana identified in the first sentence to be the practice of an aspirant who finds serenity (but meditation is).

To experience, dwell in, be in, abide in, and live in serenity, Ramana points the aspirant to resting in silence, awareness watching awareness meditation, or “turn[ing] inward[ly] firmly and see[ing] clearly the truth.” Ramana advises readers not to rely on interacting with the world (“pin[ing] bewildered” with “forgotten things” by recalling them) to experience serenity, but instead to rest in silence and firmly see truth.

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