Restless

The state of restlessness is strange indeed. It creates the illusion of lack. Lack gives rise to seeking.
Seeking feed backs onto restlessness and the cycle continues.

All this happens without cause. Restlessness is movement. Movement is thought. Thought is desire. Desire is seeking. Seeking is restlessness.

Contentment ends the cycle. Rather allows the cycle to be. There is no need to end desire. Movement is desire. Movement happens. Yet the awareness of movement is still. Awareness is unmoved. Immovable. Incapable of desire. Pure existence.

Awareness is choiceless and voiceless. Movement is its nature. But it is not movement. Its very presence causes movement. This movement is experienced as thought. Thought is experienced as the world. Awareness alone exists. There is nothing to seek from the very beginning.

Awareness and thought

We see the external world through our eyes.
But what is it that sees thoughts?
It is awareness.
Awareness of thought is analogous to sight of external objects.
Thought is motion in awareness.
Awareness alone exists.
Movement in awareness is thought.
Thought creates the illusion of the world from this movement.
The notion of a self and a world out there.
All this nothing but movement in awareness.
There is in reality no external world nor a self.
Awareness alone IS.

Mind

It is the mind which is the source of all misery. Left free and without any activity, it creates nothing but confusion. A mind which has no activity to focus on will inevitably breed mischief and misery. Hence the importance of activity.

All suffering and all misery is of the mind alone. Hence, the most important task is to control the mind. Left uncontrolled, the mind will play havoc. To control the mind, become aware of this moment. Watch how being present automatically reduces the mind momentum. Become aware of awareness. Let awareness enter. This automatically slows down the mind and brings it under control. Focused activity can also control the mind.

Slow down the mind consciously. Stop believing everything it says. Be aware.
Awareness is powerful. The mind is automatically stilled when awareness arises.
When the mind is stilled, awareness becomes stronger.

In perfect awareness, the mind is lost. This alone is peace.

Be rooted in awareness. Control the mind. Bliss is yours now.

Thought

What does one write and why does one write?
Are these thoughts which are penned down real?
Are any of our thoughts real?
We live our lives and witness a million thoughts each day.
Where do these thoughts come from?
What purpose do they serve?
Are they real?
The thought to question thought.
The elusive nature of thought.
What is consciousness?
How is thought related to consciousness?
Who can answer these?
How can these be answered but by other thoughts which are themselves questionable?
Thus we come upon a deep paradox of our condition.
Thought which is our best tool is found unreliable.
So what do we do then?
Our thought about ourselves and the world around us...what determines these?
Is there someone thinking these thoughts?
Or are they merely witnessed?
Why are thoughts so elusive?
Why do we seem to be bound to our thoughts?
What is the fuel for thought?
Who wants to know?
There is no thought. Only this.

No chaos

When illusions create chaos and restlessness, remember clarity.
There is a silence underneath all chaos.
A silence of pure intelligence.
That is deeply aware of its presence.
No chaos can enter here.
It is always.

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There is no enlightenement.
There is no liberation.
These are illusions.
There never was.

Ha

The truth exists at all times.
That which IS remains forever IT.

But from our point of view, things keep changing, including our perception of truth.
Truth is independent of perception and experience.

But the despair of the individual keeps coming and going. Truth remains unmoved.

All your seeking and working and resting make not one inch of difference. Ha, so wonderful!