Saw this today. Just had to comment on it. This is just a whole lot of projection about what the "other" is like. It justifies the egoic position of superiority. That you are right and they are wrong. Which traditionally had been used by tyrants to appeal to emotion as a power grab. image
Money as a system of control. Needs more views.
Epic. Awareness is Everything by Jackson Peterson Awareness/Being is Everything. Whatever you experience, you are always aware of that experience. Awareness is always part of every experience. There are not two things: Awareness and the experience. The experience is the energy of Awareness manifesting as that energy event. The experience is the Awareness of it. We are nothing but the unfolding events of experience as Awareness. We are everything in that everything is Awareness being everything. Being a separate self is Awareness being that experience of separate self-hood. There is no separate Awareness that is viewing the experience as the experience is itself Awareness. You cannot separate the waves from the ocean. Experiences are waves of Awareness and one cannot separate the Awareness from the event as the event is itself Awareness eventing. In whatever we say, do or think, all of these experiences are just Awareness manifesting AS those thoughts, words or actions without any separation between the Awareness of and the experience. Even the self of ego consciousness is Awareness appearing AS that egoic self. There is no personal Awareness as my Awareness or your Awareness. Who is there to be liberated? There is the experience of the thought “my Awareness” and “your Awareness”, but these are also experiences of a non-personal and universal Awareness appearing as those thoughts of “my” and “yours”. In this way the entire ocean is present AS the smallest wave. Just noticing and being Aware as a practice, is Awareness arising as that. In such a practice Awareness has nothing to gain. In not practicing being Aware, Awareness has nothing to lose. All experiences are equally Awareness appearing AS those experiences. Awareness is not more present in some experiences and less in others. No matter the size of the wave, all waves are still equally ocean. That Awareness is appearing AS thinking and AS the absence of thinking. Be clear here, thinking is Awareness appearing AS thinking. When Awareness is appearing AS a moment of knowing itself AS Awareness, thinking (ignorance and delusion) are absent because both are mutually exclusive appearances of Awareness.
Observer and observed dissolve into observing. This is the way. The Original Dzogchen Transmission: the Only necessary Instruction Dzogchen takes the state of “fruition” itself AS the path. That means our awareness called rigpa in Tibetan, is not only the goal to be realized but it is also our vehicle. One initially recognizes one’s own awareness as that cognitive capacity which knows and is aware. We then remain as the “observer” of mind, mental events and experiences without judgement, opinion, grasping or rejecting; in the witnessing role, but not as a thinker, daydreamer, analyzer, seeker, or manager. Just observe. No need for other practices, rituals or further transmissions from teachers or need to resolve any philosophical questions or issues. Just remain as the observing awareness, where even the observer is observed and eventually vanishes leaving only a naked and utterly impersonal observingness. Don’t “engage with” thinking, memory and thoughts; but simply observe them instead. Being the naked and impersonal “observingness” is the total practice because the ultimate nature of Reality as “rigpa awareness” replaces the practitioner in Dzogchen. We are not interested in having any special experiences, no interest in non-duality or insights or special states. Therefore there is no interest in “enlightenment” or achieving liberation, because the “observing awareness” has never been in bondage or forgotten. No corrective actions are needed. This following quote is from the famous cycle of teachings known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The text was discovered by Karma Lingpa (born in Tibet around 1329). It is part of what is called “The Direct Introduction to Awareness” teaching of Dzogchen and is meant to “awaken” those who simply read and understand the text without need for any prior or subsequent practice: "And in the present moment, when your mind remains in its own condition without constructing anything, Awareness, at that moment, in itself is quite ordinary.” “And when you look into yourself in this way nakedly, without any discursive thoughts, since there is only this pure observing, there will be found a lucid clarity without anyone being there who is the observer, only a naked manifest awareness is present.” “This Awareness is empty and immaculately pure, not being created by anything whatsoever. It is authentic and unadulterated, without any duality of clarity and emptiness." Questions?
Does anyone have suggestions on the best paid relays? There's a lot to choose from.
I didn't think I could get more bullish until I listened to this read by Guy Swan on the breeze sdk. Holy shit this is brilliant! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1J81aL1LU3Sy9ZgCShzr9L?si=oIfTsWSJRC-9QJeQprToSg