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Resting upon emptiness
The whole universe moves upon emptiness.
All the patterns, the forms, are appearance and none of it has any independence from REALITY.
There is nothing that separates anything from anything. It is ONE WHOLE.
Just like the multiple ‘objects’ that appear in a mirror, it is one single reflection – one appearance.
The friction that appears between an apparent ‘self’ and ‘what is’ can be called a resistance to ‘what is’ AND the unchanging factor is that ‘what is’ could not be any other way than what it is.
There is no one to change anything, no one to alter or modify ‘what is’.
In knowing the truth of this, the believed in character, the resistance, eases off and intelligence flows with ease. The weight of the ‘me’ is an unnecessary burden (for itself).
There is no one that can know the truth of it except ‘the truth of it’.
It is only a ‘me’ that suffers BECAUSE the me is the resistance.
The so-called ‘Great Self-Liberation’ is not meaning that some ‘self’ gets liberated.
It is simply the SEEING-KNOWING that there is no self that could be in bondage.
It is ‘self-liberating’ (as in ‘self-adhesive’) – in ‘effect’ no bondage takes place at all – except in the ‘appearance’ and the appearance cannot bind anything, except as an appearance of bondage.
These points are exceptional subtle, so if it is not clear, go over it again and again until it ‘dawns’ as the Actuality.
‘We’ have bound ourselves up with words. All the gnashing of teeth, the groaning and all the resistance is merely an appearance – a simple movement upon emptiness.
Let me direct you to the obvious clarity of seeing the truth of what is written here.
Let the mind rest upon nothing – let it be spacious and free – just for a moment.
Recognize the emptiness that this seeing-knowing is ‘seeing from’.
The true nature of mind is clear and empty.
Even if only a glimpse of this is tasted, it is enough. That taste will overthrow all beliefs. It may appear to take a little ‘time’. The resistance, the ‘me’, will lose its apparent power and everything (will) resolve(s) itself naturally.
(There is absolutely no reason why I should tell you this – and it is not an ‘I’ that is writing this note)
The KNOWING that is ‘there’ is the very same KNOWING that is ‘here’. There is NO separation.
Very gossamer; touch “that” and it hides behind a thought. Grab at ‘that’ and it is space like. The thought fades and ‘that’ is translucent and silent. Nothing to say; nothing to do.
Yes indeed. Finer than any known or unknown material. Space-Like Awareness.
Like space it is seen yet it is not seen.
You cannot see your ‘self’ because there isn’t one.
Yet SEEING-KNOWING is ‘happening’ or at least these pure functions cannot be negated.
WHO does not know this?