Magditation.com 01-18-2022 The true meaning of I is not in the dream appears awareness body sensation dividing conceptual mind pond exist space perceive bodily sensations experience separate division welcomed thoughts oak tree form world --- So welcome first we welcome ourselves as presence which is the recognition that everything is effortlessly welcomed and this welcoming is our true self not some decision we make not some effort we exert rather it is simply how these words you hear this perception you proceed this sensation you sense by your very nature choicelessly because there is nothing at stake for anyone like the surface of the pond is available to the sunshine you are this availability everything appears to you in this moment moment by moment like the sunshine appears like clouds appear like the wind appears you are transparent to whatever appears whatever appears to you is not separate from you like the ripple on the surface of the pond appears but it's not separate from the pond like a sensation appears to is not separate from you you being this awareness so invite yourself to simply rest as awareness not as any form or any object not as any person with a history or a future but as awareness which is not in time awareness does not appear as an object as a form as a sensation as an emotion it is beyond appearance and yet no appearance is beyond it like the pond does not appear within the ripples on its surface there is no ripple which does not appear within the pond when you're confuse yourself to be somebody who's appearing as an object in the world as a mind you're overlooking your reality as this transparent awareness so, invite your experience to be a floating a floating experience within the space of awareness without focusing on anything in particular so that your experiences nourishing dancing floating and because you're not focusing on any particular aspect of your experience it merges into awareness because in fact it has always been awareness itself this moment taking on the form of hearing sensing perceiving feeling borderless awareness there is only one I one self one reality and this I is that which hears these words right now it's not made out of flesh and bones it's not made out of memories and hopes and despairs which is not male or female awareness and this I is not located inside the body or inside the room or inside a world whatever is located inside the room or outside the world or inside the body is that which we perceive which we refer to as mind the concept of a tree concept of the lake the conceptual world thoughts sensations they have no existence of their own outside of awareness the body meaning bodily sensations and perceptions appears in the same space where a thought appears. a sensation appears in the same space as a memory as an image if thought appears in the same space that the oak tree appears in there is not a separate space called the world and a separate space called the mind and the separate space called the body the separation the world the body the mind is a conceptual classification while in fact our experience which is always this moment is not divided into world body and mind the division is an afterthought a conceptual classification it serves its purpose it is like dividing the ocean into the northern sea and the southern sea or dividing the body into various parts or dividing yourself into me and not me all these divisions are conceptual and when we don't realize the conceptual aspect of the division of consciousness into me and not me then we feel that we are some form we share that we are within a certain balloon or cocoon living inside the body facing an external world we feel we exists in time while time is your dream a thought appears to you from yesterday about your grandmother about when you were a young boy or girl thoughts appear to you The impression of time appears to you nothing wrong with that except when you believe yourself to be inside time to be the subject of time or a product of time time is a concept when we are hungry we eat and when we are tired we rest and when we feel happy we dance we feel lonely we seek company when we feel the need for bonding we reach out to friends lovers where is time in all of that now, our society is ruled by time not by happiness not by joy, freedom celebration and beauty and friendliness it is ruled by time hurry hurry because we believe we exist in time you're possessed by time and worry and concern and fear but you do not exist in time you exist period time appears in existence existence does not appear in time the oak tree in the yard has no age it was never born the entire universe is contained in the acorn where is the acorn contained? Do not consider yourself to be somebody do not consider yourself to be a son or a daughter. Mother a father men and women. let the body be what it is do not define yourself as the body or the mind do not define yourself period you're not worried be not concerned about feelings and emotions and thoughts they are just appearances they do not define you they do not limit you you being this not knowing beingness being not knowing open field of knowing not knowing I know I do not know it is so perfect turn your attention not downstream but upstream not where you are going not where you're coming from everything comes from you not your mind not your body. There is a question that was sent to me which I will address at some point but for now, are there any questions please make sure to unmute yourself