Meditation is Being Ordinary

Meditation is just being.
That ‘just being’ is being happy.
Just being happy is our natural state.
Due to this, we naturally love.
Because we love, we have confidence, and are therefore compassionate.
Meditation is just a reminder of our true nature.

 “But I am not happy.
I cannot love and I lack confidence.”

Ah – do you want happiness, love and confidence?

“Well, yes!”

Ah – there’s your problem…you want what you already have.

“How can I know this?”

When we are just being, there is no ‘I’ to please.

“How can I know this?”

The fabricated ‘I’ cannot know this, as we are already what we seek.
That is why we seek it but haven’t recognised:
to recognise is the action of re-cognising something that is already known.

“So it’s my fault?”

We always have a choice – to know ourselves or to be something else.

“I’m not convinced!”

The ‘I’ will never be convinced as this is a mental state.
Our essence already knows, but we lack confidence

The ‘I’ is a conventional truth – the chattering commentator.
Our essence is absolute truth – cognising in silence.

Our conventional self says, “There’s a red car!”
Essence has already recognised that.
Conventionally, we translate what we already know.

“But commenting is being ordinary. We all do it!”

This is true…unfortunately 😉
When we stop commenting, we find peace, happiness, love, confidence and compassion.

Ordinarily, we think we lack these qualities.
Being ordinary, we recognise these qualities within us.
Meditation is just a reminder.