Awake: It's Your Turn

Are the thought and the sensation linked? or Can I get closer to that sensation? or What is that sensation made out of?

Then you remember, Oh, if I can write that out, then it is another thought! Then you acknowledge, This is a thought right here, right now. The thought is here; this table is here. This coffee and the beautiful robin are here. In this way you are seeing things as they are. Sounds, colors, shapes, and sensations are always immediate and clearly prese

So, what to do with an emotion once we recognize its presence? Is it enough to simply notice, acknowledge, and experience the emotion to the best of your ability? Yes, it is. It always is. This is great news.

it’s important to be very clear about what is a thought and what is real.

“Can I become curious without wanting any thought or conceptual answer to satisfy that curiosity?” What . . . Is . . . This?

we find that at some moments our attention is more toward the feeling end of the spectrum, and at other moments it is more toward the thought end. We can remind ourselves that neither are wrong. Both have their place, and both are ultimately of the same essence.

you will know beyond doubt that no thought or belief could ever move you one inch away from your ever-present, oceanic nature. You are the movement, and you are the stillness. You are the particular, and you are the wholeness. You are the light and the darkness. You are the reflective surface, and you are the unfathomable depths.

Thinking is the disease of the human mind.

At some point, you will have to be willing to let go of your life as you know it.