Noticing subtle movement in the mind.

 Whenever we react, there is an artificiality that is being forced on a situation…we have just moved away from reality. We might be resting in pure awareness, and experience a thought arising – if recognition of pure awareness is not stable, we will have a reaction on a unconscious level: we become involved in hope and fear, on a very subtle level. That is why the understanding of emptiness is so important: in emptiness, there can be no grasping, and at which to nothing to grasp.

 However, in pure awareness, there is no “I”, and in order to express this pure awareness, a ‘mere i’ has to be present…a playful i. Being sentient, we still have to function and work for the benefit of others, while remembering to let go – to return to pure awareness. There is a continuous subtle movement in and out.

 Of course, there are times when we are right out, and have totally forgotten everything! That’s when the emotions come and smack us in the face as a juicy reminder! And that is also the moment the emotion turns into wisdom, and we rest in pure awareness. When we don’t react, no karma is produced, but the mere i can still function.

We need to arrive at a point of real certainty about this.
All that happens is that we gain confidence in what we already know: “Yes, it’s like that.”
We may feel disappointed: “Is that all?”
Or we may have a sense of relief:“Yes, that is all.”

 And that’s ok.

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