The Whiff Of Consciousness

Most of us are bedevilled by the material, mental and spiritual worlds, where there is no rest. Words cause never-ending conflict, confusion and suffering. We live in a relative reality of relating to everything, judging from our cultural point of view. We pick up the whiff of a culture and run with it.

Once we get the scent that we are none of the above and that we are consciousness, we see the world differently. We are never again beguiled by the hungry ghosts and magicians who try to fool us.

We see this bedevilment for what it is – the play of Mara, which instantly reminds us that we are being played. The whiff of consciousness is the whiff of freedom. Mara is no longer the enemy, but our teacher.

There are two truths: relative and ultimate.
Our relative reality argues about this word and that word.

Our ultimate reality is the gap between the words,
and is our path to enlightenment.