The Constant Shock Of Realisation

Realisation is experiencing our true reality, which is pure consciousness, free of opinions. The constant shock is realising all the daft views I picked up from my ‘betters’ – people who are more important or who have a higher social position. 🙂

The shock is recognising the constant maintenance of ignorance
in thinking we are something other than what we are.

What is also shocking is trying to explain this, with so few people getting it; it’s just a bit of intellectual amusement to them. The ones who may be interested in the subject may join a group, a religion, or a tradition, becoming part of the indoctrination, rather than understanding the doctrine.

Indoctrination: accepting a set of beliefs uncritically.
Doctrine: from Latin doctrina ‘teaching, learning’.

We have to be critical in order to test the teaching to see if it is true or not. If we merely accept something because others do, we are truly daft. Been there, done that! 😀

That daftness is the shocking reminder to look before you leap.
That first look is pure consciousness.

Before we do or say anything, seeing comes first.

Don’t just read.
Practise, to see if it’s true or not.