Sustaining the Natural State

Awareness is natural.
Pure awareness is natural.

Awareness is ‘I am’ – ‘I’ am ‘being’:
a duality.

Pure awareness ‘is’ – just being:
non-duality.

There is a very subtle distinction to be recognised here. To be aware of ‘I am’ takes time to reflect.
Pure awareness is spontaneous presence and has no time delay.

Reflection may take place after spontaneous presence, but in this case, the now is reflecting on the past, which has gone. Awareness holds, whereas pure awareness lets go immediately (actually there is nothing to let go!)

To write this, I must:

• remember the past moment of experience (which has gone)
  

• write this

• let go

This is how the absolute can function in a relative world. And of course, in order to doing anything, a little “i” must be involved.
‘I am being’ aware is not the same as just ‘being aware’…pure awareness!

This is clearly seen in meditation,
but not in theory.

Know the difference.
Rest in confidence.
Not too tight, and not too loose.

From time to time, we (sentient beings partially aware) awaken and have glimpses of pure awareness (empty, uncontaminated essence). This awareness can then be aware of awareness: finding no thing there, this is just spontaneous essence. However, this is not sustained as we are easily and repeatedly distracted by our clinging to our own self image – an ‘I am-ing’. And so, we go back to sleep, and repeat living in our own dreams…or someones else’s dreams.

Whether our karmic journey is turbulent or smooth, we need to sustain vigilance to ensure that we are not enslaved by pleasant or unpleasant feelings or situations. Sustaining is expressed in our conduct, which is merely the continuity of non-meditation in meditation…not too tight, and not too loose. This conduct is compassionate activity. Pure awareness is a balance of the one taste of everything.

In these chaotic and turbulent times, multitudes of thoughts are created. To remain sane in the chaos, sustaining pure awareness is merely a matter of remembering. In fact, in such blatantly confused times, it is easier to remember – and have the wish to do something about it!

Meditation clears the path of confusion. First, we engage in focused mindfulness meditation, and then rest in panoramic awareness meditation. Finally, we drop meditation altogether, and rest in pure awareness…essence.

Sustaining the continuity of pure awareness is what life is all about. The world will have times of great turbulence, when people are constantly upset, and distracted (this is a collective karmic event – there are times when it will be smooth, but either way, we don’t get hooked). The more the populations do not consent to being distracted, the more change will happen in the world.

First we must attend to our own distracted mind.

Be …“is”.

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