Subtle distinctions between clarity of mind and clarity of essence

 There is meditation with effort, and there is effortless non-meditation.

 We use meditation techniques to arrive at clarity: having arrived, the techniques are dropped. This is a very subtle matter, as clarity of mind may be mistaken for clarity of essence, and we can fall into a subtle trap of “I am that clarity,” instead of ‘clarity’.

 I hope this doesn’t upset anyone, but when we hear, “I am that,” this is mind talking.
The experience of is-ness is beyond identification: there is merely pure recognition.

 One could well say, “I am that,” but we’d have to also say, “Not this, not this,” to that. To say, or be aware of, “I am that” takes milli-moments, but there is still a time element.

Pure awareness is timeless spontaneity.
There can be no I involved.

 Through our practices we can arrive at clarity of mind. Awareness will note this. But there is still an I present. Awareness has merely to drop noting and withdraw into itself, into spontaneous presence. No identification found.

That is essence, empty essence.

 It’s a bit like those old submarine films, where the radar sounds an echo, and there are two blips. This meant there was a distance between the surface ship and the submarine. When the submarine and the surface vessel had connected (one above the other) there is a simultaneous blip…no separation!

Blip…..blip.

Blip…blip.

Blip.blip.

B l i p!

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