more from my guru

There IS simply awakening into whatever this is. That's the natural life. It is ongoing and pleasurable. Even the memories being forged, the neural connections are equally natural and pleasurable and part of whatever this is'. That's the basis for meditation methods calling for observing thoughts and not judging them.

There is simply seeing of what is in front of one and simply the seeing of the neural connections being made. The witness is 'everything', or 'light', if you wish. It is not affected by impressions at all.

The center of gravity of this seeing is known as I AM. I AM is only a place to gain one's center of gravity so that stillness can occur and the leap beyond can happen. In other words, I AM needs to lose itself. When it does, there is simply the ongoing awakening into whatever this is, without a center of reference or 'gravity'. That is, there is no inquiry.

With so-called enlightenment, the I AM breaks up and gives way to the light known as the witness, while the ongoing awakening into whatever this is, continues. With death of the body (which is only another thought), the ongoing awakening into whatever this is, ceases. If one is attached to memories and emotions, as I AM breaks up so do those attachments, and dying can be difficult ("Help me," is often heard at the last stages. We hear it in spiritual autobiographies and amongst ourselves in email lists), and at some point in the dying process it may appear that one's life is passing before them.

So what does it matter what thoughts arise? What I 'remember' is that they are all ABC, 123. Amazing I got this far without mentioning donuts.

from another guy who would be like a guru

If all there is is Consciousness, if there is only Consciousness, then why or for what are you still seeking? If there is only Consciousness then right now you must be that and everything else that appears in and as awareness must also be that, including your sense of separate self if that is how you appear now. Any personal sense of I or 'doership' or ego must be Consciousness. What else could it be?

I, ego, time, thought, separation, - if all there is is Consciousness then is not all of this already Consciousness? Any appearance of mundane, ordinary existence can be no less of Consciousness than any appearance of unconditional love, wholeness, bliss, stillness, silence or anything else, Does anything really need to be transcended, found or let go of?

Why not live in this understanding, no longer requiring that you wait for all the supposed signs of 'enlightenment' to appear?

Nathan Gill
http://www.nathangill.com

great article about a hot young physicist who might be about to turn the world on its ear

Article here

From Ramesh Balsekar, a principle disciple of Nisargadatta

The central point of the ultimate understanding is that at any and every instant there is nothing but perfection in the totality of functioning that is the universe. Thus, the present moment and whatever it offers is accepted in total and uninhibited pure enjoyment.