All objects are perceived by the senses The senses are in turn perceived by the mind The mind in turn is a movement that unfolds in consciousness Consciousness is not perceived by any other structure It is its own perceiving The objects perceived by the senses appear to be constantly changing while the senses which perceive them appear to be stable and unchanging On close inspection however the senses are realized to be constantly changing while the mind which perceives these changes appears to be stable and unchanging Upon close inspection however the mind is seen to be constantly changing
The constantly changing mind can be seen due to the unchanging nature of consciousness Consciousness is unborn ever present and unchanging All changing phenomena arise within unchanging consciousness The sense of ego 'I' which arises within the mind takes itself to be conscious The sense of ego 'I', a movement of the mind appears to be aware because it has identified itself with Consciousness within which it arises This sense of ego 'I' identifies itself with consciousness because of three factors: One, the movement of the mind within consciousness Two, the movement of thought within the mind And three, ignorance
of consciousness as the underlying Ultimate Reality The misperception of the sense of being a separate ego 'I' ceases upon the realization of the existence of consciouness During waking and sleeping the 'I' thought believes in the notion of being a separate self But during deep sleep the belief in being a separate self disappears The 'I' thought and sense of being a separate self is but a modification that arises within the mind The mind identified with its own movement of ego I -ness imagines an externalized world because of its association with the sensory organs which like the
mind are but modifications that arise within consciousness Who am I? What am I? Where am I? When am I? How am I? How is this world created? And who is the creator? This is the way of inquiry as to what is the ultimate truth I have a body but I am more than this body The body is comprised of the five elements but I am more than these five elements I have these five senses and mind but I am more than these five senses and mind This is the way of inquiry as to what is
the ultimate truth The misperception of separation dissolves when through inquiry separation is discovered to be only the product of the mind's identification with its own thoughts, especially the ego I thought Identification with the belief of separation gives rise to limited understanding Limited understanding creates a veil wherein the mind splits Unity of consciousness into two - an internal perceiver that believes itself to be separate and a perceived separate external world the Mind splits Unity of Consciousness into perceiver and perceived the perceiver which is only a thought then identifies with the belief that it is an empirical
self separate from a perceived external World which again is only a conceptual projection of the Mind misperception arises when the Mind identifies with its own movement of thought and projects the belief that it is a separate self the Mind believes itself to be a perceiver who is separate from what it perceives when the Mind awakens to this misperception the belief in being a separate self disappears what was all along non-existent is recognized to be non-existent Unity of Consciousness is conceptually divided by the Mind into perceiver and perceived subject and object the division of subject and
object is Misperceived by the mind to be real when Consciousness is realized all the vision is understood to be only a product and projection of the Mind as thought every object is composed of five elements these elements appear to exist as separate phenomenal aspects but are not separate from their home ground Consciousness the first three space air and fire resemble Consciousness due to their spacious nature while the latter two water and Earth appear more solid the five elements make things appear as separate and different yet everything earth water fire air and space which come together
to form everything animate and inanimate nature animals humans and even the gods are only projections of the dividing mind arising in consciousness name and form are merely Concepts or thoughts but they can serve as pointers back to Consciousness in which they arise when Consciousness is recognized and awakens to itself there is uninterrupted abiding as Consciousness even as name and form continue to arise there are two types of concentration which may be practiced for realizing the ultimate truth of nondual consciousness One, object centered concentration and two object less concentration the first may be divided into two
types concentration that is associated with thought and secondly concentration associated with sound all movements that arise in the mind are to be treated as objects I am being awareness Bliss unattached self luminous and free of Separation this understanding is known as inquiry in which ideas are present savakalpa samadhi Inquiry in which the mind is free of distractions and attachments to objects of the senses and mind is known as freedom from thoughts nirvikalpa samadhi Amind that is free of thoughts is steady like the unflickering flame of a lamp that resides in a place free from the
wind here there is indifference to changing objects on account of the complete absorption in being awareness Bliss that accompanies Consciousness Awakening to itself [Music] [Music] all objects whether perceived as external or internal arise in unconditioned [Music] Consciousness all objects are Pointers to Consciousness which is revealed when the mind's fascination with objects is released [Music] relinquished Consciousness is unconditioned unchanging and unlimited by space time name and form uninterrupted inquiry upon Consciousness in which every object arises reveals the unconditioned unchanging and unlimited nature of consciousness [Music] the Mind Remains undistracted by Rising objects when the unconditioned unchanging
and unlimited nature of Consciousness is recognized then one awakens to the pure being Bliss equinity of Consciousness when absorption in and as Consciousness is steady and uninterrupted Ed for a long time establishment in non separate Consciousness is close at [Music] hand inquire through the six stages of absorption which give rise to Awakening to the truth of non separate nju consciousness all external and internal objects are changing World body senses and [Music] mind all changing objects appear and disappear in unchanging Consciousness with the recognition of unchanging consciousness identification with changing objects ceases through meditative inquiry all
objects are realized to be Ever Changing projections of the dividing mind constant abiding his Consciousness dissolves all [Music] misperceptions then the heart opens all doubts resolve suffering ceases and there is Liberation from the notion of being a separate self what is the nature of the separate self when Consciousness is realized to be all that there is that Consciousness is Ultimate Reality the separate ego eyes realized to be only a mental concept [Music] the individual sense of self only appears to be separate and limited because of the way the mind categorizes and conceptualizes perceptions this misperception
of the i s as a separate and limited individual occurs both in the waking and dream state the belief of Separation which engenders the Notions of confusion imperfection and limitation is based on the mental misperception of the mind which takes itself to be a separate self but Consciousness is ever free of division it is always whole and undivided being devoid of Parts all separation Ultimate Reality is omnipresent unlimited complete Timeless and all pervasive under all circumstances always the notion of separation and limitation are merely thoughts produced and projected by the mind that arise in consciousness
the notion of being a separate limited and finite self arises as a mental emotional perception because of the mind's projection of and identification with the felt sense of limitation when the projections of the Mind are traced back to their origin the notion of separation is healed misperception ceases and separation dissolves as the unreal notion that it is Consciousness is whole and without Parts statements such as thou art that that thou art I am consciousness this self is consciousness Consciousness is [Music] ineffable and I am that ineffabless reflect the truth of nonel Consciousness the notion of
being separate finite and limited is not found in either the descriptions or realization of Consciousness the illusion of Separation which is brought about by the two aspects of projection and ignorance arise within Consciousness the experience of Separation appears to divide and limit the indivisible and unlimited nature of Consciousness and makes it appear as the world of separate objects and embodied separate eye cells the Mind fallaciously appears to perform various actions as well as enjoys their results in the erroneous form of a separate individual the Mind divides what is not two into a universe of separate
objects of enjoyment which consist of various combinations of the five elements and three gunas the sense of being a separate ego eye self who experiences a separate Universe exists in time but time is the creation of the dividing mind that splits what is outside of time into the notion of past present and future the notion of being a separate self who is aware of a separate universe is only conceptual and remains true only until Awakening as Consciousness both self and the world are merely projections of the mind and are cognized to be real only if
the Mind projects identifies with and believes in the notion of separation the Mind projects the existence of the individual in the waking State and then imagines it aresh in the sleep and dream states the individual unworld that are cognized in the dream state are [Music] illusory when dreaming ends the dream self and all the dream objects are realized to be merely products and projections of the dreaming mind [Music] while the dream self believes that the dream world is real the waking self believes that the dream world is unreal and the waking world is real but
both these cells are only passing projections of the Mind ephemeral Concepts that come and go Consciousness is the underlying reality the void of separate selves the Mind as a separate self believes that the waking world is real but this subjective world is unreal as it disappears during deep sleep the three worlds of waking dreaming and dreamless sleep are ephemeral appearances the real will self consciousness underlies and therefore transcends the three states of waking dreaming and deep sleep when Consciousness is realized realized to be the underlying reality behind all states the world of objects is realized
to be merely projections of the Mind arising in the mirror of consciousness as long as the belief in separation exists the notion of causality exists in Awakening from the dream of Separation cause and effect dissolve as they are recognized to be only only unreal projections by the mind the qualities of water such as wetness fluidity coldness sweetness wave and foam are inherent in water and are not separate from water except as conceptual names and forms so also being Consciousness peace and Bliss which are the qualities of Consciousness appear to be inherent in the so-called separate
selves that reside in the waking and dream states from the standpoint of Consciousness there are no waking or dream selves that are real but only projections of the Mind the characteristics of a separate self and a separate World merely superimpositions upon unconditioned consciousness all differences like wetness foam wave coldness fluidity and sweetness are non separate characteristics of the underlying essence of water [Music] the characteristics of water have no existence separate from the water from which they [Music] arise all these characteristics appear and disappear in [Music] water all characteristics of water are only a ects of
their Consciousness water and all are only projections of the Mind upon waking from the dream state all characteristics of the dreamer such as existence and Consciousness dissolve and are realize to be only projections of the dreaming mind [Music] just so upon Awakening all separate characteristics of the self dissolve and to realize to be only projections of the [Music] Mind as phone and wave have no existence separate from water so also the entire universe consisting of the separate self and the objective world have no existence separate from the mind [Music] In truth all that exists is
non dual consciousness
