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In finding ourselves in a place where we feel lost and cut off, we search for home. When we are dilligent enough and sincere in our search, we find that we never left home. The question 'who am I?' does feel like a passphrase that goes beyond an intellectual quest for answers. It goes so beyond the question that when we find the answer, we are shocked. Our shock may be because the clues were there all along. It may also be apparent that what's left revealed is the Mystery.
From Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum): Abba Poemen said to Abba Joseph: Tell me how I can become a monk. And he replied: If you want to find rest here and hereafter, say in every occasion, who am I? and do not judge anyone.
When in life's constant wave of distraction, I forget who I am, I find rememebrance through the exploration of this question.
Oh, the portion in the Christian scriptures I was trying to remember, âThe Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field. âAgain, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!"
We never left home. But can the proof really be in this question? You'd have to say for yourself.
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When we can see the âimpersonalityâ in the display of the Universe, it becomes easily seen that nothing you could ever do(or are doing) is separate from what the Universe is doing. So much so thereâs a great cracking of the mirror of that illusion of agency. Outrageous statements! Just purely outrageous! I know. Well, I intended for it to beâ particularly the subtitle of this short essay(A trust in the universe is a distrust in your own ability). It becomes less outrageous if you truly come to terms with the realization that nothing of our own effort has ever been ours. Why? Well, maybe because you are not separate from the Universe. Itâs so self-evident yet very elusive. I will quickly say here that âThe Universeâ, as I refer to it here is the All That Is. All That Is includes everything and excludes nothing.
This is essay #91!
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Despite the changing times, we cannot stay focused(except for rhetorical purposes) on whether they are good times or bad times, we cannot focus on whether they are challenging times or times of opportunity. A sweet sweet sweet spot to bring ourselves to is that spacious space that is witness to all of the changing times. Itâs challenging at first to not be able to place oneâs hands on an object. But with training, we can stay as the space of the room, we can stay as the life that animates the body. We can stay as the changless face that was never born and will never die. In this episode I guide you, the listener to the taste of that which is already here, that which is alright despite the moving parts.
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Dear Lover,
This is written on the fragile parchment paper of your heart. Itâs a letter from me to you, written in ink that dreams of permanence but knows its fate is to dissolve into the fibers of what is already whole. What can the etching of ink ever do beside attempt to stain(in ignorance) the whiteness of whatâs ever so pure, pristine, untouched and eternal? Please remember this for as long as you remember me.
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On this episode(a read out of the essay of the same article), we examine thinking, thoughts and the thinker through this contemplative piece.
This is the ultimate magic: the discovery that the thinker was never there, and that what remainsâthis infinite, silent awarenessâwas always waiting to be seen. Nothing to be achieved or grasped. It is the simple truth hidden in plain sight, as close as your next breath, as fleeting as your next thought.
Oh ye thinker, whereâs your thought? Nowhereâand everywhere. For the absence of the thinker is the presence of the Infinite. In this absence, thoughts no longer belong to anyone. They are simply the music of life, playing freely in the silent theater of Being. What Mystery!To read the full article, please go to the link below. You can also find over 88 essays I write on this mysterious experience of living.
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In this episode, we talk about the parable of the Blind Men and Elephant where a group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Somehow this ends up being a fight between the blind men.
Perhaps if the blind men stepped outside their own perspective to feel into othersâ perspectives, they may notice something amusing. Perhaps if their eyes were totally open, they would suddenly see the elephant for what it truly is. All perspectives, I write, is made up of Wholeness. Let's explore this together!
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Is it the chicken, or is it the egg? The question itself dissolves as we step back and see the cycle for what it truly is: an infinite loop where neither is first nor last, where both are essential and interdependent. Perhaps the egg didn't come first, neither did the chicken. Let's explore this with a contemplative exercise at the end also!
Oh. My. Gosh! No wonder Jesus said, âThe last shall be first, and the first shall be lastâ.
Oh, what beautiful mystery!
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This is not a typical pilot episode. However, I set the stage here for whatâs to come. In this episode I introduce what the podcast will be about, itâs once-a-week frequency and who this podcast is for. So, of course, if youâre interested in exploring the completeness that we are at the core, we have a few interesting explorations for you. At this moment, I expect to bring attention to whatâs clearly obvious in our experience but often overlooked about the nature of reality. Please feel free to also follow my substack, https://seyekuyinu.substack.com and all of my projects can be found on https://seyekuyinu.com.
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