Always Start With Right Now - 24th August 2016

The first aspect of this is this recognition that we are coming to this pure witnessing that witnesses everything, including the sense of existence itself. This one is the recognition that we are coming to. But because we have fed this, nourished this tree of conditioning for a long, long time with our beliefs about the false me, yes, you see, that is why this tree of conditioning doesn't automatically drop off mostly.

But there is a simple way. The simple way is to always start with right now and to see that the next thought that comes and goes, I'm just going to allow it to come and go. Because right now, the tree of conditioning has no power over what is here unless I give it power through my belief in the next thought that comes. And as we pull at this branch, which is the next thought, then the entire tree of conditioning seems to be back again. That is what we call the person, no? The person is back, or the person is here, you see.

As we let it come and go, then we see that there is no conditioning to be found. What is, just is. There is a sense of existence here, but ultimately even that I am the witness of. Because this one has no past or future; unchanging, not aging, not moving, cannot be hurt by anything. Everything is coming and going within it, but it itself is not coming or going.