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April 13, 2022
Guided Meditation: Seeing Oneness In Everything
In this guided meditation, we go direct into awareness and we experience the Oneness in all!
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00:00:00.049 --> 00:00:02.928
Allow your whole body to be as natural as possible.
00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:08.147
If we just start the inhalation and the exhalation of the breath.
00:00:08.583 --> 00:00:09.733
At your own pace.
00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:43.993
Just keep inhaling and exhaling and we'll do this for around two to three minutes.
00:00:44.023 --> 00:00:45.012
Just silently.
00:00:45.792 --> 00:00:50.658
If you want to close your eyes or open your eyes, it's up to you.
00:00:51.460 --> 00:00:58.081
For two to three minutes, just be silent and watch the breathing.
00:00:58.237 --> 00:00:59.677
So observe the breathing.
00:00:59.677 --> 00:01:02.898
So observe the inhalation and the exhalation.
00:01:02.898 --> 00:01:05.240
So just observe or be aware.
00:04:07.981 --> 00:04:16.841
So remain as a witness, observing the inhalation and the exhalation of your breath.
00:04:19.781 --> 00:04:20.980
So remain aware.
00:05:13.915 --> 00:05:37.836
As you're watching your inhalation and exhalation of the breath, you may find, or now you may discover that something is watching you watch the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.
00:05:41.158 --> 00:05:52.442
The Sages call this being aware of being aware, or the observer becomes the observed.
00:05:54.742 --> 00:06:17.415
In this little exercise that you're doing of watching the inhalation and exhalation of the breath, watch the watching of the watching of the breath or observe the observation of the breath.
00:06:20.144 --> 00:06:33.454
And then I give everyone a couple of minutes and then what we'll do, we'll look at that being aware of being aware, that awareness Itself.
00:06:40.358 --> 00:06:42.571
Be aware of that awareness.
00:06:46.125 --> 00:06:48.346
Be a witness to the witnessing.
00:06:50.586 --> 00:06:54.110
Be a watcher to the watching.
00:06:55.870 --> 00:06:58.940
Be an observer to the observing.
00:07:42.540 --> 00:07:45.211
This is also in Advaita Vedanta.
00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:54.946
There's a very great text called Drg Drisya Viveka, which means the Seer and the Seen.
00:09:03.527 --> 00:09:13.467
Now this awareness that is in the background is this subject of all objective experience.
00:09:15.048 --> 00:09:18.019
The breath was an object.
00:09:20.739 --> 00:09:32.099
The seeing or the witnessing was also an object as it was a mechanism for the mind to observe.
00:09:32.249 --> 00:09:38.374
So we were watching the mind, watch the breath.
00:09:41.908 --> 00:10:03.259
That awareness is what we may refer to as Brahman, that Ultimate Reality, that Pure Consciousness.
00:10:12.669 --> 00:10:29.437
And if you've read a few of the popular texts in Advaita or in non-duality, it's what is referred to as 'I Am'.
00:10:34.866 --> 00:10:36.480
'I Am' is the subject.
00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.000
And anything that follows'I Am' is the object.
00:10:43.029 --> 00:10:44.919
So 'I Am' eating.
00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:47.320
'I Am' feeling lonely.
00:10:48.129 --> 00:10:49.570
'I Am' feeling happy.
00:10:50.769 --> 00:10:52.210
'I Am' meditating.
00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:56.376
'I Am' eating.
00:10:56.407 --> 00:10:57.456
'I Am' sleeping.
00:10:58.506 --> 00:11:06.136
All those are objects or contents of that Pure Consciousness of that, 'I Am'.
00:11:08.447 --> 00:11:20.183
It is 'I Am' that is watching this whole play of our tiny finite existence.
00:11:24.693 --> 00:11:41.509
This 'I Am' in Sanskrit is referred to 'Aham.' so when the seers, or the sages said,'Aham Brahmasmi 'as you know, that means 'I Am' Brahman.
00:11:41.589 --> 00:11:43.658
'I Am' the Ultimate Reality.
00:11:45.883 --> 00:11:48.383
They may use the word, following.
00:11:48.383 --> 00:11:56.613
'I Am' just so our mind could focus on that pure essence of Reality.
00:12:02.953 --> 00:12:04.423
That Pure Consciousness.
00:12:08.456 --> 00:12:14.344
Reminding us that 'I Am', Pure Consciousness, are One and the same.
00:12:43.610 --> 00:12:53.649
Now as Awareness, as Pure Awareness, which you are, that is exactly what you are.
00:13:00.972 --> 00:13:07.764
In this Pure Awareness, there is no beginning.
00:13:11.690 --> 00:13:12.919
There's no end.
00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:27.099
There's no religion.
00:13:30.635 --> 00:13:33.875
There isn't even, may I say this?
00:13:33.885 --> 00:14:36.451
That there's no spirituality here either, because essentially it's what we are In this there's absolute Joy, Ananda - Bliss and because there's Bliss, there's also Peace The 'I Am' doesn't need to seek peace in a chaotic world.
00:14:39.081 --> 00:14:44.615
The nature of 'I Am' is peace itself.
00:15:33.107 --> 00:15:41.494
A question to ponder about and we'll ponder on this for a couple of minutes.
00:15:43.510 --> 00:15:58.350
Does this, 'I Am' this Pure Awareness, when you're being Aware of being Aware, is that seeking enlightenment?
00:17:43.423 --> 00:18:06.067
You will find that Pure Awareness isn't seeking enlightenment because it doesn't know what ignorance even is.
00:18:07.616 --> 00:18:13.005
The concept of ignorance doesn't exist in Pure Awareness.
00:18:25.108 --> 00:18:37.137
Therefore, many of the radical sages of the east have said,"There's no liberation here.
00:18:37.137 --> 00:19:15.019
There's no mukti, there's no ignorance, there's no one bound, there's nobody imprisoned." And that is because this Pure Awareness, it's not just our being of our personal self, but this Pure Awareness is shared amongst everybody.
00:19:27.971 --> 00:19:38.335
Now the question may be, well, there's so many different people in the world.
00:19:38.335 --> 00:19:42.115
There's so much diversity and multiplicity.
00:19:46.095 --> 00:19:48.585
How can we all have one Shared Being?
00:19:51.353 --> 00:20:08.946
And a great example to highlight this is the blank screen and a movie that's being projected onto the blank screen, there's different characters.
00:20:12.367 --> 00:20:30.107
They appear, they show their emotions, some characters are born, some die, some get hurt, some face heartbreak, some find themselves.
00:20:33.215 --> 00:20:45.798
But when the movie finishes, does the blank screen inherit anything that was shown upon it?
00:20:54.257 --> 00:20:54.737
No.
00:20:55.396 --> 00:20:59.807
The blank screen remains as it is.
00:21:03.548 --> 00:21:06.359
Inheriting nothing and also giving nothing.
00:21:13.846 --> 00:21:15.227
It just is.
00:21:19.126 --> 00:21:20.446
It's just Being.
00:21:28.502 --> 00:22:23.382
I'm reminded of Ramana Maharshi used to often say, "Just be as you are." Sometimes people asked so many different questions, intellectual questions, devotional questions, questions about Karma but essentially it used to all go back to one thing and that was "Just Be As You Are." And if I can be as 'I Am' and you can be as 'I Am' and the world essentially, whether they know it or not is 'I Am', then we all have that One Shared Being.
00:22:26.261 --> 00:22:31.021
In essence, there is only Oneness.
00:22:32.382 --> 00:23:07.054
So right now I want you to see that 'I Am' that Awareness, conceptually still in your mind, we'll use the mind for this point and with everyone and everything you can think of friend and enemy, your critics and those are praise you, people you love or the people you hate.
00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:23.655
And I would extend this, not just to people, but to everything that we interpret in language of polar opposites.
00:23:26.915 --> 00:23:32.613
I want us to see that Oneness in everything.
00:23:35.792 --> 00:23:41.506
So I want you to see the 'I Am' that you've just experienced or you are experiencing.
00:23:43.712 --> 00:23:49.883
And I want you to see It being experienced conceptually in your mind.
00:23:53.613 --> 00:23:57.393
Or if you have your eyes open, you can do that as well.
00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:08.880
See everything and everybody in that Oneness of Being.
00:26:11.037 --> 00:26:29.507
As you see this Oneness of Being, in Everything, that is like seeing godliness in everything.
00:26:33.271 --> 00:26:37.051
That is like seeing Divinity in everything.
00:26:40.450 --> 00:26:56.359
So whenever you feel these feelings of polar opposites, or whenever you have thoughts of these polar opposites, go back to 'I Am'.
00:26:57.349 --> 00:26:59.420
Go back to that Awareness.
00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:15.971
Go back to being Aware of being Aware and let that decide what should happen in the moment.
00:27:21.604 --> 00:27:32.613
In that moment, it will decide whether, say somebody is going through a hard time or a difficult time.
00:27:35.866 --> 00:27:44.886
Do you offer your compassion because the 'I Am' will feel compassion in those times.
00:27:49.057 --> 00:28:01.196
When you're with your friends in that moment, be completely with your friends.
00:28:01.527 --> 00:28:03.537
Be in the, 'I Am' state.
00:28:04.604 --> 00:28:53.636
Essentially your offer your presence and your presence is always unconditionally loving, at peace, in bliss and it radiates and pervades everywhere.
00:29:04.750 --> 00:29:22.017
What you have or what you are is an Infinite Being and this is something that Rupert Spira says which is very beautiful, is that you're an Infinite Being with a finite mind.
00:29:24.175 --> 00:29:49.118
So enjoy the finiteness of your mind, but remember that you are an Infinite Being, you are a Being that is Shared amongst everyone and every little thing in the whole of existence And we'll end there.
00:29:49.118 --> 00:29:52.419
You can open your eyes whenever you feel comfortable.
00:00:00.049 --> 00:00:02.928
Allow your whole body to be as natural as possible.
00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:08.147
If we just start the inhalation and the exhalation of the breath.
00:00:08.583 --> 00:00:09.733
At your own pace.
00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:43.993
Just keep inhaling and exhaling and we'll do this for around two to three minutes.
00:00:44.023 --> 00:00:45.012
Just silently.
00:00:45.792 --> 00:00:50.658
If you want to close your eyes or open your eyes, it's up to you.
00:00:51.460 --> 00:00:58.081
For two to three minutes, just be silent and watch the breathing.
00:00:58.237 --> 00:00:59.677
So observe the breathing.
00:00:59.677 --> 00:01:02.898
So observe the inhalation and the exhalation.
00:01:02.898 --> 00:01:05.240
So just observe or be aware.
00:04:07.981 --> 00:04:16.841
So remain as a witness, observing the inhalation and the exhalation of your breath.
00:04:19.781 --> 00:04:20.980
So remain aware.
00:05:13.915 --> 00:05:37.836
As you're watching your inhalation and exhalation of the breath, you may find, or now you may discover that something is watching you watch the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.
00:05:41.158 --> 00:05:52.442
The Sages call this being aware of being aware, or the observer becomes the observed.
00:05:54.742 --> 00:06:17.415
In this little exercise that you're doing of watching the inhalation and exhalation of the breath, watch the watching of the watching of the breath or observe the observation of the breath.
00:06:20.144 --> 00:06:33.454
And then I give everyone a couple of minutes and then what we'll do, we'll look at that being aware of being aware, that awareness Itself.
00:06:40.358 --> 00:06:42.571
Be aware of that awareness.
00:06:46.125 --> 00:06:48.346
Be a witness to the witnessing.
00:06:50.586 --> 00:06:54.110
Be a watcher to the watching.
00:06:55.870 --> 00:06:58.940
Be an observer to the observing.
00:07:42.540 --> 00:07:45.211
This is also in Advaita Vedanta.
00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:54.946
There's a very great text called Drg Drisya Viveka, which means the Seer and the Seen.
00:09:03.527 --> 00:09:13.467
Now this awareness that is in the background is this subject of all objective experience.
00:09:15.048 --> 00:09:18.019
The breath was an object.
00:09:20.739 --> 00:09:32.099
The seeing or the witnessing was also an object as it was a mechanism for the mind to observe.
00:09:32.249 --> 00:09:38.374
So we were watching the mind, watch the breath.
00:09:41.908 --> 00:10:03.259
That awareness is what we may refer to as Brahman, that Ultimate Reality, that Pure Consciousness.
00:10:12.669 --> 00:10:29.437
And if you've read a few of the popular texts in Advaita or in non-duality, it's what is referred to as 'I Am'.
00:10:34.866 --> 00:10:36.480
'I Am' is the subject.
00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.000
And anything that follows'I Am' is the object.
00:10:43.029 --> 00:10:44.919
So 'I Am' eating.
00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:47.320
'I Am' feeling lonely.
00:10:48.129 --> 00:10:49.570
'I Am' feeling happy.
00:10:50.769 --> 00:10:52.210
'I Am' meditating.
00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:56.376
'I Am' eating.
00:10:56.407 --> 00:10:57.456
'I Am' sleeping.
00:10:58.506 --> 00:11:06.136
All those are objects or contents of that Pure Consciousness of that, 'I Am'.
00:11:08.447 --> 00:11:20.183
It is 'I Am' that is watching this whole play of our tiny finite existence.
00:11:24.693 --> 00:11:41.509
This 'I Am' in Sanskrit is referred to 'Aham.' so when the seers, or the sages said,'Aham Brahmasmi 'as you know, that means 'I Am' Brahman.
00:11:41.589 --> 00:11:43.658
'I Am' the Ultimate Reality.
00:11:45.883 --> 00:11:48.383
They may use the word, following.
00:11:48.383 --> 00:11:56.613
'I Am' just so our mind could focus on that pure essence of Reality.
00:12:02.953 --> 00:12:04.423
That Pure Consciousness.
00:12:08.456 --> 00:12:14.344
Reminding us that 'I Am', Pure Consciousness, are One and the same.
00:12:43.610 --> 00:12:53.649
Now as Awareness, as Pure Awareness, which you are, that is exactly what you are.
00:13:00.972 --> 00:13:07.764
In this Pure Awareness, there is no beginning.
00:13:11.690 --> 00:13:12.919
There's no end.
00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:27.099
There's no religion.
00:13:30.635 --> 00:13:33.875
There isn't even, may I say this?
00:13:33.885 --> 00:14:36.451
That there's no spirituality here either, because essentially it's what we are In this there's absolute Joy, Ananda - Bliss and because there's Bliss, there's also Peace The 'I Am' doesn't need to seek peace in a chaotic world.
00:14:39.081 --> 00:14:44.615
The nature of 'I Am' is peace itself.
00:15:33.107 --> 00:15:41.494
A question to ponder about and we'll ponder on this for a couple of minutes.
00:15:43.510 --> 00:15:58.350
Does this, 'I Am' this Pure Awareness, when you're being Aware of being Aware, is that seeking enlightenment?
00:17:43.423 --> 00:18:06.067
You will find that Pure Awareness isn't seeking enlightenment because it doesn't know what ignorance even is.
00:18:07.616 --> 00:18:13.005
The concept of ignorance doesn't exist in Pure Awareness.
00:18:25.108 --> 00:18:37.137
Therefore, many of the radical sages of the east have said,"There's no liberation here.
00:18:37.137 --> 00:19:15.019
There's no mukti, there's no ignorance, there's no one bound, there's nobody imprisoned." And that is because this Pure Awareness, it's not just our being of our personal self, but this Pure Awareness is shared amongst everybody.
00:19:27.971 --> 00:19:38.335
Now the question may be, well, there's so many different people in the world.
00:19:38.335 --> 00:19:42.115
There's so much diversity and multiplicity.
00:19:46.095 --> 00:19:48.585
How can we all have one Shared Being?
00:19:51.353 --> 00:20:08.946
And a great example to highlight this is the blank screen and a movie that's being projected onto the blank screen, there's different characters.
00:20:12.367 --> 00:20:30.107
They appear, they show their emotions, some characters are born, some die, some get hurt, some face heartbreak, some find themselves.
00:20:33.215 --> 00:20:45.798
But when the movie finishes, does the blank screen inherit anything that was shown upon it?
00:20:54.257 --> 00:20:54.737
No.
00:20:55.396 --> 00:20:59.807
The blank screen remains as it is.
00:21:03.548 --> 00:21:06.359
Inheriting nothing and also giving nothing.
00:21:13.846 --> 00:21:15.227
It just is.
00:21:19.126 --> 00:21:20.446
It's just Being.
00:21:28.502 --> 00:22:23.382
I'm reminded of Ramana Maharshi used to often say, "Just be as you are." Sometimes people asked so many different questions, intellectual questions, devotional questions, questions about Karma but essentially it used to all go back to one thing and that was "Just Be As You Are." And if I can be as 'I Am' and you can be as 'I Am' and the world essentially, whether they know it or not is 'I Am', then we all have that One Shared Being.
00:22:26.261 --> 00:22:31.021
In essence, there is only Oneness.
00:22:32.382 --> 00:23:07.054
So right now I want you to see that 'I Am' that Awareness, conceptually still in your mind, we'll use the mind for this point and with everyone and everything you can think of friend and enemy, your critics and those are praise you, people you love or the people you hate.
00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:23.655
And I would extend this, not just to people, but to everything that we interpret in language of polar opposites.
00:23:26.915 --> 00:23:32.613
I want us to see that Oneness in everything.
00:23:35.792 --> 00:23:41.506
So I want you to see the 'I Am' that you've just experienced or you are experiencing.
00:23:43.712 --> 00:23:49.883
And I want you to see It being experienced conceptually in your mind.
00:23:53.613 --> 00:23:57.393
Or if you have your eyes open, you can do that as well.
00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:08.880
See everything and everybody in that Oneness of Being.
00:26:11.037 --> 00:26:29.507
As you see this Oneness of Being, in Everything, that is like seeing godliness in everything.
00:26:33.271 --> 00:26:37.051
That is like seeing Divinity in everything.
00:26:40.450 --> 00:26:56.359
So whenever you feel these feelings of polar opposites, or whenever you have thoughts of these polar opposites, go back to 'I Am'.
00:26:57.349 --> 00:26:59.420
Go back to that Awareness.
00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:15.971
Go back to being Aware of being Aware and let that decide what should happen in the moment.
00:27:21.604 --> 00:27:32.613
In that moment, it will decide whether, say somebody is going through a hard time or a difficult time.
00:27:35.866 --> 00:27:44.886
Do you offer your compassion because the 'I Am' will feel compassion in those times.
00:27:49.057 --> 00:28:01.196
When you're with your friends in that moment, be completely with your friends.
00:28:01.527 --> 00:28:03.537
Be in the, 'I Am' state.
00:28:04.604 --> 00:28:53.636
Essentially your offer your presence and your presence is always unconditionally loving, at peace, in bliss and it radiates and pervades everywhere.
00:29:04.750 --> 00:29:22.017
What you have or what you are is an Infinite Being and this is something that Rupert Spira says which is very beautiful, is that you're an Infinite Being with a finite mind.
00:29:24.175 --> 00:29:49.118
So enjoy the finiteness of your mind, but remember that you are an Infinite Being, you are a Being that is Shared amongst everyone and every little thing in the whole of existence And we'll end there.
00:29:49.118 --> 00:29:52.419
You can open your eyes whenever you feel comfortable.
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