It is a state unaffected by the mind, free from the past and future, from desire and fear, from memories and hopes." N.M.
We jump back as from a hot flame at the thought of giving up our memories and hopes. We reflexively recoil from relinquishing any desires. But with earnest practice of jnana yoga and self-enquiry, we no longer live under their sway. Desires arise, but they have lost the power to distract and frustrate. Hope still springs, but not eternal, just as transient as everything else. We recognize the past as accretion and the future as a siren call, all of it mind-stuff. We move, the stuff remains, or what really happens, nothing moves, we awaken. It is like waking up at last, but with complete memory of the night's dreams, complete retention of their "reality" and of ourselves as the subject in that reality. The dream remains the same, but we have awakened and now merely witness it. Untethered at last, we realize our essential, true nature, which arises in love and bliss like a balloon now filled with helium. Take everything else away - love, bliss is the first tendency of all that is. This is good to know. I love you.
Look at the way life erupts through the skin of this planet like green radiance from a source just out of sight always because it is you.
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