A universal assembly for true discernment
Today’s reading addresses three common ideas that people have about ego death:
Do not read today’s message too quickly. Pay attention, and notice that none of the statements above are true.
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Join us for Movie Watcher’s Group on Sunday, December 23 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT. This month’s movie is “Stranger Than Fiction,” starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman. The movie is an endearing comedy about the spiritual transformation of a rigid, shy, and lonely I.R.S. agent whose life is upended when he begins to hear a narrator speaking inside his head.
Here is a link to the playsheet designed to assist with a Spirit centered movie watching experience: Stranger Than Fiction PlaySheet
The movie is available on Crackle (free to view), Amazon, Itunes, Google Play, Itunes and Youtube. Watch the movie with Spirit, then come and share your insights with the group.
Notice when you are thinking,
and then say,
“I am willing not to think.
I am willing to be guided
by the finger of silence.”
Realize you need not know
at the level of mind
to be happy.
You need not know
to be moved.
You only feel you need to know,
because it gives you a sense of identity.
But isn’t a sense of identity
separate from the all?
~From our Holy Spirit
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 314
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 314
Notice when you are thinking,
and then say,
“I am willing not to think.
I am willing to be guided
by the finger of silence.”
Realize you need not know
at the level of mind
to be happy.
You need not know
to be moved.
You only feel you need to know,
because it gives you a sense of identity.
But isn’t a sense of identity
separate from the all?
~ From our Holy Spirit
Yesterday’s tip pointed out that the ego comes from consciousness—from the loop of believing attention—and when you believe the ego, you are a puppet of unreality.
The human isn’t reality. It’s not what you are, although it is your current level of experience. Since the human is not reality, it is always a puppet. Even when the ego dies its final death, the body-mind-personality is still a puppet. Instead of being a puppet to the ego, it is a puppet (manifestation) of truth. It is truth manifest in the world.
It’s important to realize that the human body always follows a script, which can also be called karma, but the script can be a script of clarity and wisdom instead of a script of ignorance and delusion. Since you are awareness and not a human body, you can decide which script to cast attention on, and that is the script that will move the body-mind-personality.
When you choose surrender, you choose to follow the script of wisdom instead of the script of delusion. Once Self-realization occurs, you are at a vibrational level where following wisdom is natural, yet the wisdom that moves the body-mind-personality is still script. When awakening to reality has occurred, the awake-mind is beyond the script entirely, yet the body-mind-personality is moved by the wisdom-script until the body dies a physical death. That is why Nisargadatta Maharaj said:
Yes, l appear to hear and see and talk and act, but to me it just happens, as to you digestion or perspiration happens. The body-mind machine looks after it, but leaves me out of it. Just as you do not need to worry about growing hair, so I need not worry about words and actions. They just happen and leave me unconcerned, for in my world nothing ever goes wrong.
His world is reality.
Ramana Maharshi described it this way:
[Bliss] is the state of unceasing peace of mind, which is found in the state of absolute quiescence, which resembles inactive deep sleep. In this state, in spite of the activity of the body and the senses, there is no external awareness, as in the case of a child immersed in sleep (who is not conscious of the food given to him by his mother). A yogi who is in this state is inactive even while engaged in activity. This is also called sahajanirvikalpa Samadhi (natural state of absorption in oneself without concepts.)
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Stillness speaks.
The thinking mind does not.
The thinking mind chatters,
but chatter does not speak.
Speaking is clear
and beyond words.
Speaking is the guidance of wisdom.
Listen to speaking,
and do not worry if you cannot
explain yourself to others.
Do not worry what they think.
Follow speaking in trust,
and you follow the path of wisdom.
~From our Holy Spirit
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 313
Stillness speaks.
The thinking mind does not.
The thinking mind chatters,
but chatter does not speak.
Speaking is clear
and beyond words.
Speaking is the guidance of wisdom.
Listen to speaking,
and do not worry if you cannot
explain yourself to others.
Do not worry what they think.
Follow speaking in trust,
and you follow the path of wisdom.
~ From our Holy Spirit
The ego—mental chatter—is sometimes called “the imposter,” because it acts as if it is you when it is not you. Today’s reading says:
Right now, it is as if two “I”s live within you. … One “I” is the false thought, the false idea of who you are. The other “I” is best described now as your true Heart.
If you contemplate this deeply, you will find it disconcerting. There is a voice telling you what to think, feel, believe and do, and that voice isn’t you.
Where does the voice come from?
It comes from consciousness, from the loop of believing attention, but it is manufactured thought. It is manufactured through delusion and fed into your mind. When you believe it is you, and you think, feel and act as if it is you, you are literally a puppet of unreality.
Unfortunately, this is the state of almost all humans in the world today, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Devoted discipline is the answer. We could also call it disciplined devotion, since devotion has been defined as living from within—living from intuition, silence and awareness, instead of living from belief in mental chatter.
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