Pure awareness

Pure Awareness .....
The interesting part of Pure Awareness is that It has no ego.. therefore, It is
not aware of Itself.. this sounds strange but this is the reason for creation of
Divine Consciousness.. to try to understand what It Is.. Contemplate the idea of
Pure Thought held together by the glue called Unconditional Love.. Unconditional
Love can contain no ego, as ego means separation and does not exist within Pure
Awareness... Divine Consciousness is the make-believe ego that Pure Awareness
created to try and understand what It Is, because It has no opposite called ego
as a mirror.........

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Self importance

The ego's singular need is to feel important.
No matter how deeply it tries to hide this from itself, to feel important is the greatest need.

Realize that 'the world' does not need you.

'The world' is not other than you.

There is no world without you.

If you are able to not succumb to the temptation of feeling important, that would be the greatest achievement.

The supreme gratitude

This one word is responsible for all your misery --> "another person"

To conceive of the notion of an 'other' opposed to 'me'

'I-thought' --> 'not-I'

This equation of I --> I' is the birth of ignorance and misery.

It seems to promote happiness, but infact accelerates misery.

The one who sees through this primary illusion (I-not I) is liberated.

The 'I-thought' is the mind which creates simultaneously the 'not I-thought'.

I = identification
not I = dis-identification

Between these polarities, life revolves.

This revolution itself is life. The misery begins!

But do not lose hope dear one.

For, there is only One. Neither I nor the other.

Thank god that all this diversity is unreal. This is the supreme gratitude.

Infinite truth

"Your greatest aid is your sincerity and desire for Truth above all else.
You may be shocked over and over again by the depth of illusion
that you find and uncover within yourself,
but never fixate on it or judge yourself.
Accept, forgive, and move on, for your true being is infinite and absolute.
It exists as much now as it ever did or ever will.
Stand still in the sacred conflagration of inquiry
and let it open you to the seat of all wisdom born of spirit.
Only Truth will survive; all else will perish."

-Adyashanti

Be good

Sometimes, all it takes is a small thoughtless act to disturb the minds peace.
Maybe, the only thing that you attain in life is the knowledge that you have been a good person and served others.
This in itself is enough.

To have not harmed anyone is no small deal.

Sometimes, you may have to endure short term imaginary losses as the price of being good. The price is worth it in the long run. Have faith. Be good. Harm none.

Conviction of truth

The most important thing to attain is the conviction of truth.
Unless there is deep conviction of truth, you will be deceived by the words of others.

This then is your foremost task --> Develop deep conviction of truth. This alone will protect you from deception and misery. Nothing else is more important.

The Infinite

The Infinite is ultimate Reality, and is beyond all conceptualizations and experiences. It is the ultimate ground of all being, all existence, all dimensions, and all perceptions. It is transcendent of all categories, all descriptions, all imaginings. It is beyond ego, self, presence, being (and non- being), and oneness, but it is not other than these either.

Neither conceivable nor experience-able, the Infinite knows itself through a simple intuitive regard it has for itself in every aspect of itself. Thus the only thing that realizes the Infinite is the Infinite. And only such realization brings an end to the mind’s restless search for God, Truth, and meaning.

 - Adyashanti