Eckhart Tolle

Tape 5 

Scott Kiloby

 

June 9th

Spirituality for personal gain

There are many spiritual methods and belief systems that promise future fulfillment, happiness, money or other success.  If you look closely, the whole idea that you can gain something from spirituality is based on a false premise, which is that there is a separate "you" that lacks something.

Although you may be able to employ practices or hold beliefs that make you happier or more successful, mature spirituality is realizing that life is not about you or what you can get.  As long as you seek enlightenment, enlightenment is unavailable.  In seeking, you act from the false concept that you are a separate self that lacks something.  It is that very concept that creates the need for a search.

Enlightenment is the realization that there is no separate "you" to gain anything personally from life.  There is only life and you are THAT.  No separation.  In that realization, your entire resistance to what is vanishes and the deepest truth of spirituality is revealed.  This truth is impossible to express.  But be clear that it isn't about personal gain.  If anything, it is about the loss of something - the loss of the sense of separation.  In that loss, there is great freedom, love, joy, and peace.

Michael Brown

31. I am a heroine user attempting to resolve the cause of my addiction. Since starting the Process I have repeated nightmares about similar past life experiences. I am struggling with the fear these nightmares generate. THE PRESENCE PROCESS focuses on healing the child within us, but what about working with our past life traumas? What if the cause of addiction is not in this life?

If we wake up one morning and discover we do not recall our identity, it is foolish to spend our time and energy unearthing our historic family tree to discover who we are now. It is simpler to open our wallet and check our driver's license, or speak to others who live in close proximity to us. This is where we discover the information we seek; right here, right now.

Health: It's All About Consciousness

Ivan

 You Can't "Do" Meditation  

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[To experience this, sit in a comfortable position and remain still. Your mind is less likely to be active if your body isn't moving. Initially there may be many distractions. You might feel sleepy, have all kinds of thoughts come to you, or begin feeling certain emotions. The mind may argue: "This is silly. I have so many unfinished things to do. I'm just wasting my time. I have to get up and do something. I have to find the cure for my illness." Don't concern yourself with this, but simply notice any stress in your body, particularly in your muscles, which are the body's shield and for this reason tend to carry the most ten

Thought

sion.

Breathe naturally for a few moments, then take a really deep breath from the very bottom of your lungs. Don't gasp as you do this. Instead, breathe slowly and effortlessly. Hold your breath for a couple of seconds, then exhale very, very slowly, letting go of any tension. Breathe this way as many times as you wish]

Now, with your eyes either open or closed, simply look. If you decide to keep your eyes open, you might look at an empty horizon or an empty wall. If you keep your eyes closed, then look at the blackness of your interior. Don't direct your attention to anything, but instead remain receptive, open, and aware.

If you practice this meditation daily, the moment will come when you witness the one who is witnessing. You will witness the witness and dive into no-thing-ness.

Chapter 82

Absolute Perfection is Here and Now.

Q:  Surely somebody is responsible for this horrible and senseless carnage.  Why do people kill each other so readily?

M:  Search for the culprit within.  The ideas of 'me' and 'mine' are the root of conflict.  Be free of them and you will be out of conflict.