Don't Need to Get Rid of Grief, Just the Notions About Grief - 16th February 2018

Helen says, "Father, I can't get past the grief. It is constantly there. Please help."

Actually, you don't have to get past it. You have to get past the notion that you have to get past the grief. As long as it is there and it will remain in consciousness, it is not wrong here. As long as it is your will, it is the will of consciousness for it to be. Nothing can force consciousness into experiencing anything at all. As the sages say, not one blade of grass can move without the will of consciousness. So as you lose the notion that 'I have to get past the grief,' you will discover your spaciousness in which grief is just another appearance.

That same space in which there is grief, there is also this voice which is heard. The voice of your presence, the voice of your intuition is also there. It might seem to come from the outer form or it might be heard within yourself, but it's all in the same space. This where the grief is, is also where all appearances are. You don't have to go past any of this. Allow all of this to come and go as is the will of consciousness. Because what happens usually in the play of consciousness is that as you keep saying, 'I have to get over this, I shouldn't have this anymore, I am done with this, when will this go?'—all of this actually can be a part of you keeping that activated or keeping that central to your attention.

Okay, grief is there. Am I also there? If you feel that there's a single space to check on this side, you will find that as a substratum of the grief itself, that substratum, that presence, that divinity has never left you. It always has been. For this presence, this divinity, nothing is in opposition to it. It is not resisting anything. Everything is a child of it. Nothing exists without this. It is the very presence for the existence. If you say, 'Grief is continually there, I'm so tired,' the awareness is small? You can feel like this: 'I notice there is strong grief, I know it like this.' But this is never true.

When you really see grief is continually there, what you're saying is that 'I'm just continually aware of my grief.' Without you, our awareness, without you being aware, can there be anything? The mind makes it sound like it is upside down. Because you are aware, there can be some content which is perceived. We are aware of perception. Not even grief can exist without the play of this attention which leads to what we call perception. You are the awareness of this perception. And you check: where is this grief? You will see that it is inside you. And then if I ask you, so where is this voice being heard? It is also inside you. All perceptions, all sensations are within you.