The Reference to Our Self is the Trouble
The trouble we experience comes from the reference we make to ourselves and our concepts of how things should be; dropping these references and simply being okay is liberation.
IT is done.
Very good.
How is that the trouble tends to return?
The reference tends to return, the reference tends to return. The reference we make to ourselves, that tends to return and that reference is the trouble. I say someHmes that ‘can you be shaken unless you have a shape?’ So unless we make that reference how will we be troubled? Trouble means we have an idea of ‘what is not trouble?’ If we don’t have an idea of ‘what is not trouble?’ then how could we be troubled? And we don’t even have to say that ‘everything is perfect’ without the idea of trouble we can just say ‘everything is okay.’ Because ‘perfect’ could also be trouble [Smile] unless we mean okay and perfect in the same way. You may have an idea of perfecHon which can be very troublesome. Simple, simpler than simple no?
Key Teachings
- The reference we make to ourselves (the 'I' concept) is what creates trouble - without shape, nothing can be shaken
- Trouble exists only because we hold ideas of 'what is not trouble' - concepts and labels themselves generate suffering
- Simplicity is the answer: say 'everything is okay' rather than 'everything is perfect' - even the idea of perfection can be troublesome
From: Guided Inquiry: "Who Is Aware of Awareness?" - 6th November 2019