You

Right now, you are present and aware.

Present as in you are here right now. Aware as in you have the capacity to know.

And if you think of any memory, at the time that memory is formed you are present and aware.

And when you are asleep and begin to dream, or when the mind stirs and you notice it, you are present and aware.

And if you lose consciousness and all experience stops, it can only return because you remain present and aware.

And when this life begins and the very first experience appears, you are already present and aware.

Therefore, if you had a name, you could be called Presence-Awareness.

Wherever there is life and consciousness, at the root of it is this Presence-Awareness that is You.

And even if there is no life or consciousness, whenever they appear, they appear to You.

Hence, You are prior to consciousness and unconsciousness. Beyond beginnings and endings, life and death.

In Truth there is only You.

There is no one else.

All is You.

When You suffer, the suffering is based entirely on a misunderstanding of what You are.

And when You suffer, the suffering is sustained by thoughts that deny the truth of what You are.

But having understood “I” to mean Presence-Awareness, You can deny the validity of such thoughts.

They will dwindle and lose the power they were borrowing from You.

And finally the true Beauty of experience will shine bright.

You will look upon your own Light.

And realise that while the reflections are heart-achingly beautiful, You do not need them.

All experience ends. But You ever prevail.

As Peace.

As the Stillness that is Sentient.

As the Silence that is Aware.

As the Union that is the fulfillment of Love.

 

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