I am a swath of consciousness. The scars? They'll be gone soon. They mark the birth and death of a body-mind.
"Do understand that you are destined for enlightenment. Cooperate with your destiny, don't go against it, don't thwart it. Allow it to fulfill itself, all you have to do is to give attention to the obstacles created by the foolish mind."" N.M.
That goes for all of us, whether we choose to ignore it or not. When I commit to this quest for Reality, I will be supported by both seen and unseen forces of the universe. I will also be opposed by seen and unseen forces of my ego, desperate to survive. This is why Nisargadatta urges us to give them attention. Our little mind games scurry for cover when the light of attention hits them, and once illuminated they lose power and gradually or even suddenly evaporate. Fear and desire are recognized as bogeyman at last. Relief, gratitude and growing peace envelope and permeate the earnest seeker. Snakes become ropes and dragons windmills. Death loses its sting: who dies? Detachment is not cold and calloused. It is seeing things just as they are.
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