The Silent, Peaceful Ocean Depths

If thoughts are like surface ocean waves, and feelings like currents beneath, then our being is the still, silent bottom depths. Meditation or prayer, then, is not seeking new experience, but rather sinking into the depths of our self. The nature of simply being is neither affected by nor dependent on thoughts and feelings, so no need to change them – just cease being interested in them. Being is what we refer to before ‘I am’ has been qualified by experience. In meditation or prayer, we simply return to or recognise ourself as the pure ‘I am’. Unqualified. Unconditioned. From the mind’s viewpoint, being is boring. From its own experience of itself, it is peace. It is the mind that expects, is disappointed, bored, etc. Our being is free. Whatever I’m experiencing, the ‘I am’ is always shining there. Meditation or prayer is the shining of being – not something we do; it’s what we are.

From event 14 February, 2024 Webinar – Wednesday, 14 February

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