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The eyes see everything, except themselves. Why? Because they are too close to themselves to be able to look at themselves. The eyes can only see something at a distance from them.

It’s exactly the same when you try to know your self. It is only possible to know something that is at a distance from you – in other words, in subject-object relationshi... See more

You are not always thinking, but you are always effortlessly aware. You are not always feeling, sensing, perceiving, but you are always effortlessly aware. You are not always acting and relating, but you are always effortlessly aware.

You do not find your self; you are your self. One can only find what was lost – what was absent and then becomes present. But your self is never absent. You cannot reach for it; you can only be it, knowingly. You are always your self – either knowingly or unknowingly.

The Simplicity of Meditation

Meditation is simply to notice the natural, effortless awareness that you essentially are, and to be that, knowingly. Everyone is always essentially that, but mostly without realising it. They are that, so to speak, unknowingly. Meditation is to remain as awareness, whatever arises. In other words, meditation is simply ... See more

So, when you try to know your self, there is an absence of experience, an openness, an emptiness, just pure aware being without any objective features. That pure aware being – awareness itself – cannot know itself as an object. It can only be itself knowingly.

To know your self is to be your self knowingly.

In other words, in self-knowledge, there is... See more

You know them in subject-object relationship. You are the subject – the knower – and the thought, the feeling or the object, are the object – the known. But when you try to know your self, it’s like the eyes trying to see themselves. You are too close to your self to know your self as an object.

Being aware is the constant, steady, changeless background of all continually changing experience. You don’t have to practice being aware; you are essentially that, naturally, effortlessly.

Notice that there is no agitation, sorrow, pain, or conflict in the awareness that you naturally, effortlessly are. Agitation belongs to your thoughts; it is what you are aware of. Sorrow belongs to your feelings; it is what you are aware of. Pain belongs to the body; it is what you are aware of. Conflict takes place in relationships; it is what yo... See more

But you – the fact of simply being aware or awareness itself – are inherently free of the agitation, sorrow, pain and conflict that characterise your experience. In other words, being effortlessly aware is already at peace, already free of all sorrow. It is already the peace, the quiet joy, the absence of conflict, that is, the love that you seek.