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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz\
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Radiance of
Being: A Blog on Nonduality
by Rodney Stevens
http://radianceofbeing.blogspot.com/2009/07/pointers_15.html
Pointers
Right at this moment, what is present in addition to any passing
thought or bodily sensation?
*****
You have to be awake to realize that you are already awake.
Meditation is merely a form of drowsiness.
*****
There is no YOU to be "enlightened." You are not your
thoughts, emotions, and body. You are the spaciousness in which
they arise. Stay with your deep conviction or notion until you
see the truth of this for yourself. When I say to remain with
this, I don't mean that you should concentrate or meditate. Just
naturally and easily ponder it. In that way, you will have your
answer, an answer that has always been in plain view.
*****
Be suspect of overly-conceptual questions (e.g., "What is
just?", "What is my place in the universe?",
"What should be my moral imperative?", etc). How will
the pursue such matters clarify your self-knowledge?
*****
Awareness is the radiance by which consciousness is recognized.
*****
Nondual talks and retreats can be enormously beneficial. The
dialogues (with a self-realized teacher or speaker), the
concerted energy, and the naturally occurring silences can all
assist in engagingly bringing you back to the question of who and
what you truly are.
*****
You don't require a single thing to recognize your natural state.
It is simply being overlooked. You are peering beyond it, so to
speak, at sundry thoughts, experiences, sensations, and
conditioning. Particularly enthralling is the false and
antiquated notion that self-knowing connotes bliss and involves
attaining something that is not already completely present.
*****
Time is a concept. It is simply another thought or idea arising
in presence. You say that you hope to "reach
enlightenment" in a year or two. Or maybe even a decade! But
awareness is already in full evidence. Who is this me that says
that it will achieve this in X-period of time? That apparent
"me" is the issue, not your innate and pristine
clarity.
*****
See right now that what you perceive as emptiness actually
radiates with perceptible knowingness. It is thoroughly beyond
and prior-to all thoughts, speculations, and spirituality.
*****
You are aware of being conscious. Or to be more specific: You are
aware of being awake, of being drowsy, and of dreaming. There is
even awareness in deep sleep; otherwise, you would not be able to
declare, "I slept so deeply!" Discover the fullness of
this awareness for yourself. For that's the only way you can
truly know it--not as an object or an experience, but as a
genuine spaciousness that is none other than yourself.
*****
What is being pointed to is your natural and ever-present state.
You never move from this, even when "life" appears to
toss you every conceivable direction. Pause a moment and take
note of your nonconceptual, self-shining nature.
*****
Self-realization is the end of all doubts, seeking, and
suffering. There are simply no-more-questions. Pause and moment
and consider the enormity of that fact. For heretofore, questions
were literally all you had. Perhaps you even wondered if life
could go on without them! Well, it most certainly can--a deeply
felt life in which only presence prevails. And you are That.
August /
September 2009 Retreat with Francis Lucille in Temecula,
California
Dear Friend,
Due to the size of the facility, the number of participants to
the Summer retreat with Francis Lucille in Temecula, California
will be strictly limited to 60. Reservations will be taken on a
first come, first serve basis. We recommend that you notify us as
soon as possible if you plan to attend.
We look forward to seeing you there.
In Love and Truth,
Laura
August 2009 Retreat with Francis Lucille in Temecula, California
Week #1 - Saturday, August 29th to Saturday, September, 5th
Week #2 - Saturday, September 5th to Saturday, September 12th
Location: the home of Francis & Laura Lucille on a serene
hilltop in Temecula, California.
Tuition: $420 per week. You may join us for either or both weeks.
For further details visit
http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aGszYTZjaGwxOWFicTVucjliNTkxNHFrMW8gY29rczAxZzVuZmc2azJoM3JxajlwZzB1aG9AZw&ctz=America/Los_Angeles