The mind and the body are in fact transformed, albeit temporarily, by this transparent experience and may even be bewildered or even occasionally frightened by it. However, because the mind is not present during this transparent and timeless experience, the experience itself cannot be remembered. There is nothing objective there to remember. As a r...
this dissolution into our true nature leaves a residue within us that can never be completely forgotten. It often remains for decades as a sort of nostalgia or longing for something that once existed in our past, often in childhood, and for which, in quiet moments or at a time when the normal flow of our life is interrupted, we deeply long.
Whatever we give our attention to flourishes. Whatever we give our attention to becomes our reality. In giving attention to our self of aware Presence, attention is relieved of its direction, focus or tension and stands revealed as Presence itself. The one that is looked for stands revealed as the one that is looking.
The imaginary, inside self is created by this veiling of peace, happiness and love and, once created or imagined, is condemned to an endless search, in a non-existent future, for something that cannot, by definition, be found there. This is the tragedy and comedy of the human situation.
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