Go beyond everything. Don't collect anything. _x000D_ A king does not need to go shopping in his own _x000D_ kingdom. Nor does he beg. _x000D_ Remember, you are the inner reality-pure awareness only. _x000D_ All that arises are appearances in consciousness. _x000D_ Don't bother with all that. Rest only as the awareness. _x000D_ This is the secret.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of transcending material desires and recognizing one's true essence as pure awareness.
Mooji's quote invites us to look beyond the external distractions and material possessions that often dominate our lives. It suggests that true contentment and understanding come from realizing our nature as pure awareness, rather than getting entangled in the transient experiences and appearances that arise in consciousness. By resting in this awareness, we can discover a profound sense of peace and clarity, moving away from the constant pursuit of external fulfillment.
In practice
During a meditation retreat, I shared this quote to help participants understand the importance of inner awareness.
A thought may arise: 'It's okay now, but it's going to be different when I step out the door'. Already you are anticipating your downfall. Recognise these as just thoughts. You can just watch them, feel their pull yet observe them as a movement in consciousness. Stay put as formless awareness.
The emptiness I speak about is not the emptiness the mind imagines. It is not blank. Your body can continue expressing in a natural way. Intelligence is there. Emotions can come. Everything can play, but inside there is total serenity and peace. No planning, no strategising, no personal identity is there. Just the space of pure being. It is what we are, but we dream and believe we are not.
Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an invitation to become. You will not be scrutinized, your actions compared with those of others. Thats just unicorn food. Let your river flow as it pleases. Simply observe and recognise that all is unfolding spontaneously when that inner journalist- the ego, is exposed as a myth.
All you need to do is recognize your true position as the witness. You only have to do this for some time, until the spell is broken. Even after the spell is broken these mental tendencies may arise, but without any power, just like you can see the moon in the daylight.
If I could give you only one advice, I would say: Don't identify with anything. Be completely empty - no one. Be no-body and see if you lose anything but delusion.
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Accept what comes to you totally & completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it & then let it go.
You must find your dream...but no dream lasts forever, each dream is followed by another, and one should not cling to any particular dream.
The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.
People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
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