The Simpler It Is

Is: being present.

That is what we are.
It has no name;
some call it pure cognisance.

The more we experience being present, the simpler realisation becomes. Teachings are all about this moment that always is, and whatever obscures it. ‘Spirituality’ can spoil it, and meditation can spoil it when we make a big deal out of it.

‘Spirituality’ attached to religion can become pretty complicated, where we do this, and this, and this, and get lost in centuries of comments. We do not find our way back by learning all the comments; we realise the simple essence – that we are what we seek.

In this day and age, we should start by knowing what the end is, otherwise we may follow others’ culture and become caught up in the form, forgetting the essence. Every culture has its form and that is good for stability, but we each have our own culture and language to work with (even though it may seem pretty crazy).

If we read the word ‘Dharmakaya’, we have to translate it into our language, and then experience it as uncontaminated emptiness, or gap … but we don’t need to seek this. We are this already.

Meditation is the method. Once we calm down into simply being, we drop the meditation, only to return to the method when we forget. When we know, we don’t have to keep knowing! 🙂

Samsara (the vicious cycle of existence) is complex.
Nirvana is simply seeing Samsara as a reminder of just seeing – pure cognisance.
In this way, everything is teaching.